Brett Blundy

Brett Blundy (born 1959/1960) is an Australian billionaire businessman. He is the founder and former chairman of BB Retail Capital, which owns companies such as Sanity Entertainment, Bras N Things, and Aventus Property Group.[5][6] He is part-owner of BridgeClimb Sydney, one of Australia's biggest tourist attractions.[7] In 2015 Blundy expanded his business operations into cattle farming.[8]

Brett Blundy
Born1959/1960 (age 60–61)[1]
CitizenshipAustralia
Occupation
Known for
Net worth
Spouse(s)Vanessa Speer[4]
Children2

Career

BB Retail Capital (BBRC) was founded by Blundy in 1980[9] with the purchase of a single record store "Disco Duck",[10] now known as Sanity Entertainment Group.[11]

In 2005, he purchased Diva, a fashion jewellery store founded by Colette and Mark Hayman. Diva had close to 200 stores in Australia and New Zealand and 400 in international markets.[12]

In 2010, he launched Lovisa, a fast fashion jewellery brand.[13] Lovisa now has over 270 stores worldwide.[14]

Early 2018 Bras n Things was sold to the US company Hanes.[15]

Personal life

He is married, with two children, and lives in Singapore.[1]

Blundy owns a 242-foot megayacht, Cloud 9.[16]

Net worth
Year Financial Review
Rich List		 Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$)
2017[17][18][19] $1.39 billion 42 $645 million
2018[20] 41 $1.71 billion 33
2019[21][3] 39 $2.00 billion 29 $1.44 billion
2020[2] 37 $2.20 billion
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References
  1. "Forbes profile: Brett Blundy". Forbes. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. "Brett Blundy's BridgeClimb too far for ASX float list". The Weekend Australian. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  5. "Billionaire Brett Blundy's retail recipe that made his executives millions". Financial Review. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. "Aventus Property Group — Specialist Fund and Asset Manager". Aventus Property. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. "BridgeClimb profits cheer Hungry Jack Cowin and Brett Blundy, but here's why Singo won't be smiling". Financial Review. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  8. Curtain, Carl (8 December 2015). "Australian billionaire Brett Blundy buys two Northern Territory cattle stations from Paraway Pastoral for $100 million". ABC News. Australia.
  9. "BBRC | About Us". www.bbrcworld.com. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  10. Tan, Gillian (8 April 2013). "Australian Millionaire Brett Blundy Moves to Singapore". WSJ. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  11. "Exclusive photos: Cloud 9 200-ft super yacht - LifestyleAsia Singapore". www.lifestyleasia.com. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  12. Keating, Eloise (28 May 2014). "What's happening at Diva? Confusion over future of Australian fashion accessories chain - SmartCompany". SmartCompany. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  13. "BBRC | Retail". www.bbrcworld.com. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  14. "Our Brand". www.lovisa.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  15. LaFrenz, Carrie (9 February 2018). "Brett Blundy offloads Bras N Things to Hanes for $500m". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  16. "9 outrageous yachts appearing at the Monaco Yacht Show owned by some of the world's richest billionaires". businessinsider.com. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  17. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  18. Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  19. "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  20. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  21. Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.


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