Kerry Packer

**Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer** (17 ga Disamba 1937 - 26 ga Disamba 2005) hamshakin mai zuba jari ne a kafofin watsa labarai na Australiya, kuma an ɗauke shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu mallakar kafofin watsa labarai na Australiya na ƙarni na ashirin. Kamfanin dangin Packer yana da hannun jari mai iko a cikin Nine Network da kamfanin bugawa na Australian Consolidated Press, waɗanda daga baya aka haɗa su don kafa Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL). A wajen Ostiraliya, Packer ya fi shahara da kafa World Series Cricket. A lokacin mutuwarsa, shi ne mafi arziki kuma ɗaya daga cikin maza mafi tasiri a Ostiraliya. A shekara ta 2004, mujallar *Business Review Weekly* ta kiyasta cewa dukiyar Packer ta kai A$6.5 biliyan. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Kerry Packer a ranar 17 ga Disamba, 1937 a Sydney, Ostiraliya. Mahaifinsa Sir Frank Packer ne, wani mai kafafen yada labarai na Ostiraliya wanda ke kula da Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Australia da kuma Nine Network . Mahaifiyarsa, Gretel Bullmore, 'yar Herbert Bullmore ce, ɗan wasan rugby na Scotland. Yana da babban ɗan'uwansa, Clyde Packer . Ya halarci wasanni daban-daban a makaranta, ciki har da dambe, kurket, da rugby; kodayake ya sha wahala a fannin ilimi, wataƙila saboda rashin lafiyar dyslexia da ba a gano ba. Bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa a shekarar 1974, kadarar iyalin, wadda darajarta ta kai dala miliyan 100, ta koma hannun Packer kai tsaye. Mahaifinsa ya yi rashin jituwa da babban ɗansa, Clyde, a shekarar 1972. 

## Kasuwanci
Packer, ta hannun kamfanin iyalinsa Consolidated Press Holdings, shine babban mai hannun jari tare da kashi 37% na hannun jarin Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL).  Har zuwa mutuwar Packer, PBL ta mallaki cibiyar sadarwar talabijin ta Nine, da kuma Australian Consolidated Press wadda ke samar da mujallu da yawa masu sayarwa a Ostiraliya. Ya shiga cikin wasu ayyukan caca da yawon bude ido da dama, musamman Crown Casino da ke Melbourne. Tun daga lokacin aka mayar da harkokin sadarwa na Nine Network da na Australian Consolidated Press zuwa PBL Media.

An girmama Packer sosai a da'irar kasuwanci, 'yan siyasa daga ɓangarorin biyu suna yi masa gorin, kuma ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan kasuwa mafi hazaka a lokacinsa, duk da cewa bai da ɗalibi mai kyau. 

Duk da cewa suna da Packer a matsayin ɗan kasuwa mai hazaka ya shahara kuma ya yi wasu jari mai kyau, ba mutum ne da ya yi abin da ya ga dama ba - kakansa, Robert Clyde Packer, da mahaifinsa, Sir Frank Packer, sun gina daular kafofin watsa labarai da kuma hannun jarinta tsawon shekaru da dama. Kamar yadda Crikey, wani kamfanin labarai na intanet ya nuna, idan aka zuba jarin dala miliyan 100 a kasuwar hannun jari ta Australiya a watan Satumbar 1974 ta hanyar daidaitaccen fayil na manyan kamfanoni 200, wannan fayil ɗin zai fi dala biliyan 6.9 a watan Disamba na 2005, wataƙila har zuwa dala biliyan 11. [1]

Packer ya mallaki Nine Network da *Nine's Wide World of Sports* a shekarun 1980, kuma "ya shahara wajen sayar da hanyar sadarwar ga Alan Bond sannan ya sake siyan ta bayan shekaru uku akan ƙasa da kwata na farashin." Ya rubuta a cikin *mujallar Sydney Morning Herald*, "Shawarar Packer ta sayar da Nine ga Bond a shekarar 1987 akan dala biliyan 1.2 - kafin ta sayi hanyar sadarwar a shekarar 1990 akan dala miliyan 250 - abin al'ajabi ne a talabijin na Australiya." 

Bugu da ƙari, Packer ba shine zaɓi na farko da ya karɓi ragamar tafiyar da harkokin kasuwancin iyalin ba—mahaifinsa ya yi niyyar cewa babban ɗan'uwansa Kerry, Clyde Packer, zai karɓi ragamar kamfanin, amma Clyde ya yi rashin jituwa da mahaifinsa a farkon shekarun 1970 kuma ya bar Ostiraliya har abada.

Rayuwar kasuwancin Kerry Packer mai zaman kanta ta fara ne bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa a shekarar 1974 lokacin da ya gaji ikon mallakar hannun jarin iyalin a PBL, wanda darajarsa ta kai A$100 miliyan . Bugu da ƙari, manyan jarin da ya zuba a talabijin da gidajen caca na Australiya sun sami kariya sosai daga gasa ta hanyar dokokin gwamnati wanda Packer da ma'aikatansa suka yi aiki tuƙuru don kiyayewa.

Sunan kasuwancin iyalan Packer ya sha wahala bayan rugujewar One a shekarar 2001. Tel, wani kamfanin waya wanda ɗansa, James, ya saka hannun jari a ciki.

Kerry Packer shi ma yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu mallakar filaye a Ostiraliya.  A shekara ta 2003, an gano wani ma'ajiyar lu'u-lu'u a ɗaya daga cikin kadarorinsa. 

Daular kafofin watsa labarai ta Packer ta ƙunshi mujallu, hanyoyin sadarwa na talabijin, sadarwa, sinadarai na petrochemicals, injiniya mai nauyi, hannun jari na kashi 75% a wurin shakatawa na Perisher Blue na kankara, binciken lu'u-lu'u, ma'adinan kwal da kadarori, wani kaso a cikin hanyar sadarwa ta Foxtel cable TV, da kuma saka hannun jari a cikin kasuwancin gidan caca mai riba a Ostiraliya da ƙasashen waje.  

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