Editing Kerry Packer (section)

{{Short description|Australian publishing, media and gaming tycoon (1937-2005)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Kerry Packer
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}}
| image              = Kerry Packer.jpg
| caption            = Packer at Parliament House in 1991
| birth_name         = Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1937|12|17|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Sydney]], New South Wales, Australia
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2005|12|26|1937|12|17|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Sydney]], New South Wales, Australia
| resting_place      = [[Ellerston, New South Wales]], Australia
| education          = {{unbulleted list|[[Geelong Grammar School]]|[[Cranbrook School, Sydney|Cranbrook School]]|[[Canberra Grammar School]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/chip-off-the-old-block/2005/12/30/1135915692196.html |title=Chip off the old block |work=[[The Age]] |date=2005-12-31 <!-- To the well-meaning people who keep deleting Packer from the list: yes, he really was at Canberra Grammar, as the attached Age article confirms. -->|location=Melbourne}}</ref>}}
| occupation         = [[Media proprietor]]
| years active       = 1960−2005
| known_for          = {{unbulleted list|[[Nine Network|Ownership of Channel Nine]]|[[Publishing and Broadcasting Limited|Other media]] [[Australian Consolidated Press|and journalism interests]]|[[World Series Cricket]]}}
| boards             = {{unbulleted list|[[Nine Network]]|[[Publishing and Broadcasting Limited]]|[[Are Media#Australian Consolidated Press|Australian Consolidated Press]]}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Roslyn Packer|Roslyn Weedon]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}}|1963|2005|reason={{abbr|wid.|widowed}}}}
| children           = [[Gretel Packer|Gretel]] and [[James Packer]]
| father             = Sir [[Frank Packer]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|sep=,|KBE|OStJ}}
| mother             = Gretel Bullmore
| relatives          = {{unbulleted list|[[Clyde Packer]] (brother)|[[Robert Clyde Packer]] (grandfather)|[[Herbert Bullmore]] (grandfather)}}
}}

'''Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}} (17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005) was an Australian media tycoon, and was considered one of Australia's most powerful media proprietors of the twentieth century.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rowe |first=D |title=Rugby league in Australia: The super league saga |journal=Journal of Sport & Social Issues |pages=221–226}}</ref> The [[Packer family]] company owned a [[controlling interest]] in both the [[Nine Network]] and the publishing company [[Are Media#Australian Consolidated Press|Australian Consolidated Press]], which were later merged to form [[Publishing and Broadcasting Limited]] (PBL). Outside Australia, Packer was best known for founding [[World Series Cricket]]. At the time of his death, he was the richest and one of the most influential men in Australia. In 2004, ''[[Business Review Weekly]]'' magazine estimated Packer's net worth at {{A$|6.5&nbsp;billion}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/24/1085359552381.html |title=The richest list of all |work=[[The Age]] |location=Melbourne |author=Skeffington, Robert |date=24 May 2004 |access-date=26 July 2011 }}</ref>