John Van Lieshout

John Van Lieshout (born 1946) is an Australian billionaire, the founder and former owner of the Super A-Mart furniture store chain.[3]

John Van Lieshout
Born1946 (age 73–74)
Netherlands
NationalityAustralian
OccupationProperty developer
Net worth
Children3

Early life

He was born in the Netherlands in 1946.[4] He is one of 13 children of Karel, a plasterer and his wife Anna Van Lieshout, who emigrated to Brisbane's Wacol Migrant Camp in 1960.[5]

Van Lieshout has a high school diploma.[3]

Career

Van Lieshout is the founder and former owner of the Super A-Mart furniture store chain.[3] He sold Super A-Mart in 2006 for $500 million, and moved into property development.[6] Through his Unison Projects Group, he has acquired 600 housing blocks and 200 townhouses in the Brisbane area.[6]

Other members of the family have founded businesses, and they are known in Australia as the "kings and queens of furniture", having founded chains including Empire Office Furniture, Super A-Mart, BW Coles, Chevron and the Woolstore.[5]

In 2014 he was named as the richest person in Queensland.[7]

Personal life

He is married, with three children, and lives in Brisbane, Queensland.[3]

References
  1. Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. "John Van Lieshout". Forbes.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  4. "John Andrew van Lieshout | Wealth-X". Ledburyresearch.com. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. "Couriermail.com.au | Subscribe to The Courier Mail for exclusive stories". www.couriermail.com.au.
  6. "John Van Lieshout's house and land foray paying off". The Australian. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  7. Passmore, Daryl (13 September 2014). "The Sunday Mail Queensland's Top 150 Rich List: John Van Lieshout is new No. 1". The Sunday Mail. Queensland. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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