children nationality birth_date term education organization alma_mater title honorific_suffix spouse name occupation predecessor years_active birth_place awards known_for website successor article_title home_town
brook samuel mckeon mckeon , richard mckeon , oliver mckeon , australian 1955 2011 b com , ll b chairman , csiro -lrb- 2010 - -rrb- university of melbourne australian of the year ao amanda -rrb- breidahl -lrb- 1979-2011 -rrb- heather forbes -lrb- 2011-present simon vincent mckeon lawyer patrick mcgorry 1979 -- present melbourne order of australia order of australia businessman , philanthropist -lsb- http://www.australiaday.vic.gov.au/ambassadors/item/171-simon-mckeon.html australia day -rsb- -lsb- http://www.csiro.au/people/simon.mckeon.html csiro -rsb- geoffrey rush simon mckeon
 melbourne , victoria
simon mckeon

simon vincent mckeon ao -lrb- born 1955 -rrb- is an australian businessman , philanthropist and sportsman .
on 25 january 2011 he was named the 2011 australian of the year .
