Holmes a Court, Robert

Robert Holmes a Court
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natal chart English style (Equal houses)

Name	Holmes a Court, Robert Gender: M
born on	27 July 1937 at 14:20 (= 2:20 PM )
Place	Johannesburg, S. Africa, 26s10, 28e08
Timezone	EET h2e (is standard time)
Data source	From memory Rodden Rating A Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	04°02' 22°09 Asc. 20°49'

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Biography

Australian entrepreneur, born in South Africa and educated at the U. of WA, where he earned his law degree. He began his legal practice in December 1967. With a background of family wealth, he made his own move into the world of finance in 1970 by gaining control of Western Worsted and Woolen Mills Ltd. At the height of his success, Holmes a Court owned 44.5% of his Bell Group Ltd, which had an estimated value of $650 million. During the '80s, he bought substantial parcels of shares in various companies until 10/19/1987 when he was hit hard with the stock market crash. In mid-1988 he sold most of his shares in the Bell Group and aborted a planned takeover of the John Fairfax group. In 1985, Business Review Weekly named him Australia's richest man with a net worth of $300 million.

Holmes a Court married Janet Lee on 5/18/1966. At his height, he put together a valuable art collection and was successfully involved in horse breeding and racing. He died of a heart attack on 9/02/1990.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• child relationship with Holmes a Court, Peter (born 11 November 1968)

Events

• Relationship : Marriage 18 May 1966 (Janet Lee, 24 years)

• Death by Heart Attack 2 September 1990 (Age 53)
• Work : New Career December 1967 (Began legal practice)

• Work : Start Business 1970 (Gained significant shares in Western Worsted)

• Financial : Lose significant money 19 October 1987 (Hit hard with stock market crash)

• Financial : Investments 1988 (Sold most of shares)

• Financial : Best Period 1985 (Named as Australia's wealthiest man)

Source Notes

Dennis Sutton quotes a time from Holmes a Court's mother, given in Sutton's 50 Australian charts, published 1996

Categories

• Vocation : Miscellaneous : Animal Breeder/Trainer (Horse breeding and racing)

• Vocation : Law : Attorney

• Lifestyle : Social Life : Collector (Extensive art collection)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Invest/ Stocks, Bonds (Shares and acquistions)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy (Australia's richest man)

• Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (24 years)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Loss - Financial crisis (Hit hard in stock market crash)

• Vocation : Business : Entrepreneur

• Family : Childhood : Advantaged (Affluent family)