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- Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court (27 July 1937 – 2 September 1990) was a South African-born Australian businessman who became Australia's first billionaire, before dying suddenly of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 53. A great-great-grandson of William Holmes à Court, 2nd Baron Heytesbury, and a grand-nephew of William Frederick Holmes à Court, 3rd Baron Heytesbury, Holmes à Court was one of the world's most feared corporate raiders through the 1980s, having built his empire single-handedly from virtually nothing to a diversified resources and media group with an estimated value immediately before the 1987 stock market crash of about A$2 billion. Shareholders in the company enjoyed enormous investment growth. 1984 saw Robert Holmes à Court's horse Black Knight win the Melbourne Cup with a time of 3 minutes 18.19 seconds. Holmes à Court died intestate and his estate was to be divided one-third for his widow Janet (née Ranford), and the remainder equally among their four children, who include Peter and Simon. (en)
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- Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court (en)
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- Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court (en)
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- Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (en)
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- Keysbrook, Western Australia, Australia (en)
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- Bankruptcy (en)
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- Defunct, bankruptcy (en)
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- Bell Resources (en)
- Wigmores Limited (en)
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- Mining (en)
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- Australia's first billionaire (en)
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- Robert Holmes à Court (en)
- Australian Consolidated Investments Pty Ltd (en)
- The Bell Group Ltd (en)
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- Private (en)
- Public company (en)
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- Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court (27 July 1937 – 2 September 1990) was a South African-born Australian businessman who became Australia's first billionaire, before dying suddenly of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 53. Holmes à Court died intestate and his estate was to be divided one-third for his widow Janet (née Ranford), and the remainder equally among their four children, who include Peter and Simon. (en)
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