children birth_place awards nationality name birth_date known_for spouse image article_title education birth_name
two roseville , new south wales companion of the order of australia australian dick smith , ac 18 march 1944 entrepreneur activist . , businessman , aviator , philanthropist , political phillipa mcmanarney dick smith in may 2013.jpg dick smith -lrb- entrepreneur -rrb-
 north sydney technical high school richard harold smith
dick smith -lrb- entrepreneur -rrb-

richard harold `` dick '' smith , ac -lrb- born 18 march 1944 -rrb- is an australian entrepreneur , businessman , aviator , and political activist .
he is the founder of dick smith electronics , dick smith foods and australian geographic , and was selected as the 1986 australian of the year .
in 2010 he founded the media production company smith & nasht with the intention of producing films about global issues .
