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Andrew Forrest
Forrest companies operating in Fremantle include Tattarang, Fiveeight, and the Minderoo Foundation. They own the P&O and Orient hotels and the site of the former Brockhoff and Detmold buildings, at the corner of William and Henderson Streets, where they propose a six-storey, 117-room boutique hotel—a $35 million project including basement parking, shops, and a rooftop terrace with swimming pool. The hotel will be in a U-shape with a large courtyard.
If the plans are approved, construction will commence in 2023 and the hotel would be ready to welcome visitors by 2025.
Wikipedia:
John Andrew Henry Forrest AO (born 5 July 1961) is an Australian businessman. He is best known as the former CEO (and current non-executive chairman) of Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), and has other interests in the mining industry and in cattle stations.
With an assessed net worth of A$23.00 billion according to the Financial Review 2020 Rich List, Forrest was ranked as the second richest Australian. According to the Financial Review, Forrest was the richest person in Australia in 2008.
In 2013, Andrew and Nicola Forrest, his wife, were the first Australian billionaires to pledge the majority of their wealth to charity in their lifetimes. He had earlier stepped down as CEO of Fortescue Metals in 2011. Much of the Forrest's philanthropy has been through either the Minderoo Foundation (focusing on education and Indigenous Australians) or the Walk Free Foundation (focusing on ending modern slavery), both of which he established. Forrest has been accused of avoiding paying company tax, having revealed in 2011 that Fortescue had never paid company tax.
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