The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer

By Paul Barry

Book Overview

Biography of Australia's richest and, arguably, most powerful man, who owns a media empire worth $3000 million. It claims to be the first book written about Packer and his family and traces the Packer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1863590757
• ISBN13: 9781863590754
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Hard to find! !!!!Why out of print?????

This book had already been out of print, and when it can be reprinted? I can hardly find it.Why it is out of print???? This person died last year and I am looking forward to the new biography of him coz he is such a great man to me. Anyway, I will buy the second-hand book first here.Thanks for sending me the Email!

A great bio

A remarkable bio, of one of Australia's leading business leaders. Worth an update, written about 1993, and this review was writen in 2001, the book is complete with well researched, and objectively portrayed material. The author critically sets out to explore who and what Packer is, and I feel comes to respect Packer. The book is well worth the journey.

Kerry Packer defies gravity!

Kerry Packer is the businessman' businessman. Takes no prisoners and runs his business with an iron fist. Plays polo. He is the man. I had to get a friend of mine from Australia to find me this book. Thanks Rejskes

Survival of the fittest....

One of the best examples of the emotional extremities. From a surprising sense of loyalty and generosity to an unforgiving cold-hard nature. That's exactly how you have to be when your seated at number one on the rich list of Australia or any rich list for that matter. The book is extremely black and white, just like Kerry Packer himself. Plays hard ball and does not beat around the bush. Paul Barry the author, I think has done a clever recollection of the big man's endeavours as he is a very private man and hates hearing his name in prime time. From the first quote in the book from Kerry Packer's mouth, you get a sense of what he is all about. Inherited a small printing establishment and television station from his father, who said that Kerry would never run the fort. He changed that small media inheritance to a multi billion dollar empire, and still making more. He is impatient at times, suffers horrible mood swings and is dislexic. He always does things differently and looks "beyond the square." He does not expect people to like him and doesn't give a damn what anyone else thinks!