Introduction
Alex Waislitz (Melbourne 1958-) is an Australian businessman.
Waislitz has been a member of the Collingwood Football Club Board of Directors since 1998 and is currently their vice-president. He has made many significant donations to the club in recent years.
Education
Waislitz completed a Law and Commerce Degree at Monash University, Melbourne in 1979 and is a Graduate of the Owner/President Management Program of the Harvard Business School
Work life
Waislitz has extensive business and capital markets experience and has been a member of several public company Boards of directors. He is currently Director of various Pratt Group and Visy Board companies.
- Founder (1991) and executive director (1991–2009) of Thorney Investment Group which invests in public securities, private companies and property, and has close connection to the Pratt family investments. Thorney specialises in emerging companies across a broad range of industries including Manufacturing, Technology, Mining Services and Resources. In 2016 the Australian Taxation Office revealed that the company had paid no tax in 2013-14, despite revenue of $430 million.
- Director (1998–2009) of Collingwood Football Club and Vice President (2009)
- Member of the International Advisory Board for Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Ben-Gurion University School of Management
- Waislitz is also a movie producer. He has produced movies such as Hotel de Love & Joey
- Thorney makes trash its treasure The Age, Melbourne, 8/9/2003
- News Profile: A boy bought two cows... The Age, Melbourne
- "98 private companies earning over $200m pay no tax: ATO". ABC News. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
- Directors List - Collingwood Football Club
- International Advisory Board, Honours MBA, Ben-Gurion University
Personal life
Waislitz is married to Heloise Pratt, daughter of Richard Pratt. He has three children.
He currently resides in Melbourne, Australia.
He is Jewish and has a Polish background. His late father David (1922-2009) an immigrant turned millionaire, was born in Warsaw, Poland.
His mother Ruth Waislitz was also a Jewish immigrant from Poland.