He will live in the grand penthouse above it with his partner Anita Pahor, founding patron of the Red Cross Society of Women Leaders. Valarie "Larry" Kestelman (born 1966) is an Australian billionaire property developer and businessman. Such stories are not uncommon. Advertise with us Then he began dipping into other ventures, co-ordinated from an office above a fish and chip shop in Elsternwick. Now." He also made millions as a property developer. What a year it's been! In addition to his impressive business credentials, Kestelman is widely involved in the community and has won a variety of awards and recognitions for his achievements in supporting multiple charities and initiatives. Kestelman believes he's the right man to help PAS Group evolve because of - not in spite of - the fact that he doesn't have hands-on experience running a retail business. Since taking over four years ago, the NBL has grown from strength to strength. Teams had gone broke or merged, many were in debt of more than a million dollars. I did the research, spent three months speaking to every association, mums and dads, and put together a business case that my father ended up buying into, Justin says. "We're back to being a credible proposition," he says. Alex Connolly is this years youngest member of the Young Rich List after helping create Australias third most valuable privately held tech company. Finest Marketing Services You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Andrej Lemanis, coach of the Australian Boomers national team (as well as the Brisbane Bullets), is more impressed by the concrete changes he sees on court. NBL jerseys on hangers fill the walls, while racks of streetwear surround pods occupied by the development team, retail team and design house. Or maybe as the name behind the Capitol Grand project in Melbourne's South Yarra, an uber-luxe $500 million apartment tower whose celebrity spruiker is Charlize Theron. The size of the workforce, not including club staff or players, has quadrupled to over 500. He befriends easily, turning people into advocates and then staunch allies. The Australian losers included Melanie Perkins and Mike Cannon-Brookes. The 50-year-old owner of Australasia's professional men's basketball league, the National Basketball League (NBL), didn't coax China's national basketball team here to play in friendlies this one against the Brisbane Bullets on the Gold Coast only for viewers at home to think no one cares. As for what the NBL is potentially worth, Kestelman points to the $400m valuation for soccer's A-League, achieved after a funding injection by private equity firm Silver Lake late last year, though the clubs own that league. ", Kestelmans revamping of the NBL has led many of the best Australian players to return from overseas.Credit:Kristoffer Paulsen. In 2012 Larry decided that simply owning NBL franchise Melbourne United wasn't enough. The company was not fined but was ordered to compensate customers and carry out a trade practices compliance programme. The combined wealth of the 200 individuals was calculated as A$342 billion; compared with a combined wealth of A$6.4 billio That's what you do you work. One of the biggest successes for his vision was a new deal with Nine Entertainment Co to show a live match every week and Fox Sports to broadcast every game live. Down on level one, the office of First Ever is buzzing. ", With the NBL, Kestelman is close to getting what he wants. Become Our Ambassador. "Just pick a bag," he said. Find out more HERE. "The main act is the basketball but what happens around it just as important. Craig Ian Burton biography. Larry Kestelman Greater Melbourne Area 5,294 followers 500+ connections Join to connect Report this profile Activity We are excited to announce the return of the NBLxNBA games, with the Adelaide. Larry is the founder and director of Oxygen Ventures, and a lead investor in Saisei. "It's a different ball game. As that decade ended, the popularity of the NBA and NBL began to dip. [6], Kestelman debuted on the BRW Young Rich List in 2005 with Dodo co-founder Igor Gilenko, with a shared net worth estimated at A$87 million. Before he begins, he wants me to understand some context: "I don't like people who complain about how hard it is to create a career, or how work is tough, or how difficult it is to get somewhere in life. Andrew Gaze, Australia's greatest basketball player, was shocked when the identity of the outfit he had played for from 1984 to 2005 was stripped away. Co-founding internet provider Dodo (sold in 2013 for $203 million) shot Larry into Australias richest 100. Basketball In the all-important Melbourne and Sydney TV markets, the entrenched AFL and NRL easily held the sporting gaze away from basketball. "I can see that we're now getting the phone calls instead of making them." He co-founded internet service provider Dodo in 2001, which was bought out in 2013, and has interests in various other industries via his holding company LK Group. 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Heres what hes learnt. For me that's a sore topic. John Hancocks family has made a fortune mining iron ore. Founded by Larry Kestelman, the LK Group is home to 19 companies that operate in an array of industries. The purchase price was not disclosed. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Exactly how long it will take for the league to be able to survive without the millions and manpower of the LK Group is uncertain. The Brisbane Bullets play the Chinese national team in a friendly on the Gold Coast in July. "The majority of my friends I've known for a long time. The only problem was the absence of TV viewers. Meet the National Basketball Leagues Kestelman family: together, they live and breathe the competition. Rich Lister Larry Kestelman, with his son Justin. "But Vegas is also a vision of something man creates from nothing," he adds. Roberts has a diverse number of investments including funds management and he is part of businesses such as AVWest and Warburton Group. Help using this website - Accessibility statement, block a takeover offer from US-based investment company Coliseum Capital. Larry Kestelman, multimillionaire businessman and chairman of the Melbourne Tigers basketball team, has put his Brighton mansion on the market with a price tag of $12 million-plus. "I always like coming in a little bit from the outside. The 2020-21 NBL season is scheduled to begin in October, however Kestelman has admitted the start date could be pushed back if the COVID-19 situation has not eased. Larry Kestelman shook things up after buying a majority stake in the National Basketball League in 2015, five years after purchasing the league's Melbourne club. It is the perfect place to hear his rags-to-Rolexes tale (although as far as watches go, Kestelman prefers the rose gold Audemars Piguet on his wrist today). Rich Lister Larry Kestelman has sold off a residential development site in the heart of upmarket Toorak for a record $26 million, collecting a tidy profit after aggregating the land only two years ago. Apparently a ticketing snafu is responsible for the empty seats. (The average six-month NBL contract is now $132,000.) ", Visibility is the primary focus of the league right now. Australian basketball is in safe hands. Please enter your username or email address. So part of that is looking at all your verticals, and as we did that we came to the conclusion that there was a lot of leakage away from basketball," Mr Kestelman said. I'm like, 'Shit, I wanna watch that!' In 2012 he bought the Melbourne Tigers (now Melbourne United) with his cousin and Dodo co-founder Michael Slepoy. And we want to manufacture quality products, so there will be uniform standards.". Kestelman plans on being there. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. The $13 million Sunseeker motor yacht named Vegas is 37 metres long and has a fulltime crew of seven. He would know. Six floors below that is the customer loyalty business Infinite Rewards, digital solutions companies eCal and Etaskr, plus software infrastructure provider Saisei. Two four-bedroom penthouses in the complex are on the market for $22 million and $25 million. He decided to buy up the entire league with the intent of bringing it back to a prime-time TV slot, and putting Australian basketball back on the map. [2] The combined wealth of the 200 individuals was calculated as A$342billion; compared with a combined wealth of A$6.4billion in 1984 when the BRW Rich 200 commenced. And before the NBL could nurture any nascent audience, the football codes awoke to the orange-ball threat and began playing more of their own games at night. Mr Kestelman said there was scope for an IPO, particularly to fund further acquisitions, but he was also happy for the group to remain private. [11] He subsequently increased his stake in the NBL to 94 percent. Theres an odd new arrival on Perth Basin gas player Strike Energys shareholder register amid the takeover battle for Warrego Energy. In 2013 he sold his company Dodo for $230 million. She is from UK. A similar moment is approaching for basketball. Well be one of Australias largest brand representatives, he said, citing Everlast, Lonsdale, Slazenger, Bluey and Marvel. His first taste of Pepsi was heaven. #TeamFE #nbl19, A post shared by Justin Kestelman (@justinkestelman) on Aug 27, 2018 at 1:18am PDT. Buying the Melbourne Tigers in 2012, then the National Basketball League itself in 2015, has taken that connection to another level. He debuted on the Financial Review Rich List in 2017 with an estimated net worth of A$749 million. ", Kestelman is executive director of the league but has appointed commercial lawyer Jeremy Loeliger, a former partner at corporate firm Holding Redlich, as CEO. "Once he thinks what he is doing is right, it doesn't matter what people think of him," says Nick Marvin, former CEO of the Perth Wildcats. exclusives, case studies, Pickstar news and more. Even in the 1990s boom, the initial ratings for matches were modest. But Mr Kestelman, whose LK Property Group has developed landmarks such as the $700 million Capitol Grand in South Yarra, already had his eye on larger projects, such as plans for an office tower at Cremorne, a trendy inner-city suburb in the south-east. The leather good and fashion retailer posted strong double-digit sales growth over the year, but is bracing for a slowdown in 2023. In 2021 it acquired footwear and fashion retailer Brand Collective, whose brands include Volley, Shoes & Sox, and Shoe Warehouse. #OTTNO, A post shared by Justin Kestelman (@justinkestelman) on Apr 1, 2018 at 12:45am PDT. Larry Kestelman Valarie "Larry" Kestelman (born 1966) is an Australian billionaire property developer and businessman. The result was the HR firm Wall Street, where Akoka is now managing director. After that he spent more time each season in a courtside corporate box, with his son and cousin and friends, cheering alley-oops and reverse lay-ups. In 2015 he spent $7 million on a 51 per cent stake in the league itself. Facebook Twitter (When China played in Melbourne a few days earlier, he was similarly livid when there was no logo-emblazoned media wall at the post-match press conference. Justin manages all operational aspects, briefing his father about the business weekly. In his first year as league owner Kestelman negotiated a new television rights deal, the revival of the Brisbane Bullets, and a revamp of the league's brand identity and digital platform. As for play, he travels constantly. "The imports used to come down here and drop 50 points in a game," says Lemanis. The owner of the National Basketball League and Melbourne property developer, Larry Kestelman, is the second highest debutant to make it on the Financial Review Rich List. Two years ago, he neatly combined his two major passions through a $200 million masterplan to redevelop the Derwent Entertainment Centre outside Hobart as a venue for Tasmanias new professional NBL team. "This helps build a connection between the grassroots and elite levels of the game in Australia," he said. Listen for free. The standard of play was good but many games were back in those old tin sheds. I loved pinball. Kestelman will fund the trip. "You would hear people had gone to jail," Kestelman says. He bought a block of land in Caulfield South, subdivided it and sold it. [12], Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, "Larry Kestelman: The Melbourne millionaire putting the bounce back into basketball", "Buyers fail to pay up in glittering South Yarra mega development", "Inside the birth and death of a junior telco M2 Group", "Larry Kestelman's LK Group snaps up Shoes & Sox owner", "Melbourne property developer Larry Kestelman the second highest debutant on Rich List", "Melbourne Tigers to change their name to United", "Larry Kestelman didn't buy a basketball club, he bought the entire NBL", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larry_Kestelman&oldid=1134039266, This page was last edited on 16 January 2023, at 18:41. [10], In 2015, Kestelman secured a majority 51 percent stake in the National Basketball League in exchange for a A$7 million equity stake. "If you end up in a marriage for 20 years and a big part of it is happy, and you have a beautiful son, you don't think of it as a failure. He has over 25 years experience in financing, developing, and managing resource projects and mining service businesses, with his financing work taking him to Canada and the UK for resource projects involving diamonds, nickel, copper . [2], "Australia's 200 richest people revealed", "The Australian Financial Review Rich List Reveals Wealthiest 200", "Australia's wealthiest have become 50 times richer in my lifetime", "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people? Between the two businesses, well end with about 50/50 shoes and fashion and 50/50 between retail and wholesale operations, he said. ("If you understand that chain, you understand me. Bega Cheese, which owns Vegemite, Dairy Farmers and Big M milk, says costs have jumped by $400 million as farmgate milk prices rise. But I'm a wog. [9] In 2014 he controversially announced that the team would rebrand as Melbourne United. Today, we are developing Melbournes first six-star residential and retail precinct, Capitol Grand South Yarra, a pinnacle for luxury development. He is ranked 85 on the list behind the highest ranking debutant, Perth businessman Tim Roberts who is the son of Multiplex founder John Roberts who is ranked 62. 1 talking about this. By 31, Ruslan Kogan had landed on the Financial Review Rich List after building online retail group Kogan.com. By that time the Boomers squad could be filled entirely with Australian NBA players. ", Kestelman was unmoved. And in 2016 he rebuilt the Brisbane Bullets, which is owned by the league (in other words, by him). Excellence in design and a commitment to client satisfaction is paramount to LK Property Groups values. "You find enough people you like and all of sudden you have this gang. ", Harris, the author of Boom!, has seen what international success can do. He moved from subdividing residential lots to building townhouses, later expanding to large apartment blocks in Footscray and Southbank. Larry Kestelman bought a majority stake in the NBL in 2015. He's talking with FC Barcelona Lassa and Maccabi Tev Aviv, for instance, but his unhidden abiding ambition is to see an NBA team play a game in Australia something that has never been done before. "I was more interested in fitting in. "It just meant I had a little money for a slice of pizza and pinball. Growing up an only child in the small port city on the Black Sea, he was carefree but poor; he collected discarded chewing gum wrappers and swapped them with mates like trading cards. at Property developer Larry Kestelmans LK Group has snapped up footwear and fashion retailer and wholesaler Brand Collective and is searching for more acquisitions to build scale ahead of a potential sharemarket float. Currently, he is proud of what he has achieved, stating hes well ahead of the three-year plan for the league. "Gee, it's going to be a hard task maybe the biggest challenge in Australian sport," says businessman David Hill, the former ABC boss, head of Soccer Australia and one-time chief of the North Sydney Bears NRL club. "Since taking over the league we have been looking at all aspects of the business, and how we could build a proper sustainable business. He's gambling his reputation on the resurrection of a competition that only three years ago was on the brink of collapse. The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Anthony Pratt, was A$15.77 billion; while the net worth of the 200th wealthiest individual, Patricia Ilhan, was A$472 million; up from A$387 million in 2018. His network is primarily the people with whom he works. He set out a 100-day plan to revamp every aspect of the league. [1] In 2020, LK Group's private equity arm Queens Lane capital acquired womenswear retailer PAS Group, which owns the Review, Black Pepper and Yarra Trail brands. The Australian losers included Melanie Perkins and Mike Cannon-Brookes Jan 2, 2023 Devon Pendleton Federal election Ten top AFR. He believes in me and trusts me, which is scary, but reassuring at the same time. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Larry Kestelman is the immigrant turned entrepreneur who co-founded phone and internet company Dodo, which sold for a cool $230 million. "One person at a time, one battle at a time," he shrugs. Designed by architects Fender Katsalidis, the apartment project is expected to get under way early next year with completion due in 2025. While hes best known as the face and founder of telecommunications and utilities provider, Dodo, the passionate Executive Group Chairman has most recently become synonymous with his vision for success and sophistication. Larry Kestelman was criticised when he rebranded the Melbourne Tigers, a force in the NBLs boom years, as Melbourne United. How do you offer a sporting product and a streetwear product? Leah Akoka met Kestelman when she was 19 and he was 26. But one thing's for sure, he's not done yet. Mr Kestelman said First Ever would build a sustainable business model and "drive out the leeches who currently profiteer from grassroots clubs and mums and dads across Australia and bring basketball under a unified sports apparel brand that everyone will know keeps profits in the sport". Kestelman's best guess is that the NBL will turn a profit in the 2019-20 season, his fifth year in control. "He just ignores that noise. This level of television exposure was a real game-changer in pushing the league into prime time. ", Good for his future plans, too, for bringing big international clubs to play here. The Kahlbetzer family is walking away from farming in Argentina after a record-breaking asset sale and will try to recapture some of its former glory in Australian agriculture when the time is right. "Torrey Craig only averaged 17 points.". [3], Dodo claimed revenues of $A80 million by 2005 and received a takeover offer from Telstra which was rejected. "Certain NRL clubs weren't attracting those numbers.". We sit quite literally at the tip of his empire: a dozen of his companies are headquartered physically below us. LK Property Group is one of Victorias leading property developers in each category of luxury, five-star inner-city residential, and premium market development. He walks me through the abridged biography a few days later, in his 16th-floor penthouse office in Albert Park. "It's gut-wrenching." He has an extraordinary wealth of knowledge and experience having achieved enormous success in Australia s business, technology, property and sporting landscape. [3] Twenty-six women were included on the 2019 Rich List, representing 13 percent of the list; up from seventeen in 2018, or 8.5 percent. Andrew Forrest is investing millions of dollars in a moonshot that is aimed at fireproofing Australia. You understand what tough is when you come from nothing. Please try again later. LK Property Group. Many of the best Australian players Brad Newley and Daniel Kickert to name two have returned from Europe and Asia to join the rising domestic league. [1], Kestelman began investing in property at a young age, starting with a block of land in Caulfield South. Gina Rineharts Hancock Prospecting has outlined growth plans in energy, agriculture and so-called green minerals after posting a $5.8 billion profit driven by iron ore mining. Kestelman was born in 1966 in Odessa, Ukraine. Hear his story on the How I Made It podcast. He would not have acted otherwise. Inside the NBL, says the game moved swiftly from one played in "tin sheds" in the late 1970s to one that was knocking on the door of major sports status by the '90s. He is also known for his involvement in Australian basketball, including as the majority owner of the National Basketball League (NBL) since 2015. What followed was a major facelift for the NBL. And he has. There's a neat parallel to be made with soccer, an international sport that has annexed huge territory in the Australian sporting landscape by harnessing its grassroots. "Got a beautiful heart. However, in Perth, the league still had great potential. Justin Kestelman calls it my first highlight basketball memory being 10 years old, on the Gold Coast, hanging out with the Melbourne Tigers. But I felt I had to do something.". His late father had 52 unsuccessful job interviews before landing work as a draftsman at the GM Holden plant in Fishermans Bend. Mr Kestelman said Queens Lane Capital was searching for more acquisitions and licensing deals with the aim of boosting annual revenue by about 20 per cent a year and eventually considering an initial public offering. His millionaire businessman father, Larry Kestelman, admits that his own passion for the sport also has familial roots. Kestelman is barefoot with the top three buttons of his shirt undone. Watching people threading necklaces with red coral, he would collect the tiny leftover fragments and make little bracelets to sell on the pier over the Tyrrhenian Sea. We're selling entertainment. Anchorage bought Brand Collective from Pacific Brands in 2014 and bolted-on Shoes & Sox, a popular childrens footwear chain, four months later. "It's just not the way I operate." But it's good noise, good trust. Kestelman points out that, in Victoria at least, some were being held in front of a couple of thousand people at the State Netball and Hockey Centre. Bret Harris, who authored the 1992 book Boom! "Coming from Russia in 1979, everybody presumed you and your parents to be KGB. His office walls are decorated with unopened bottles of expensive champagne, but he drinks vodka. 'Credit:Jono Searle, Gaze, who now coaches the Sydney Kings, says one of the most important but intangible things Kestelman has brought to the game is his ability to promote it. Luxury Residences in Milan: A Record-Breaking Half-Year! He says he lives "in the honour of his parents", and that the most important thing in his life is to set an example for his son. He also made millions as a property developer. "Liking someone is often stronger than being born connected to them," he says, leaning back in his chair. PAS Group owns the Review, Black Pepper and Yarra Trail brands and the Designworks wholesale business, and licenses brands such as Everlast, Lonsdale, Slazenger, Mooks and Bluey. Their lowest-paid player gets what our whole team gets paid. As a new NBL season dawns, he looks forward to sitting together as a family, including his 83-year-old mother, and seeing other clans enjoying a couple of precious hours together. Kestelman has been watching the steady decline of basketball in Australia, despite the high level of talent, and had to do something. As a teenager, Justin was teased as Dodo Boy; what he wore became his vehicle for expression. Larry Kestelman (@nbl_larry) Instagram photos and videos nbl_larry Verified 93 posts 2,807 followers 789 following Larry Kestelman Public figure Official Instagram of Larry Kestelman - Owner of the Australian National Basketball League & Executive Group Chairman of the LK Group. #NBL #NBA #SportsBusiness #SportsManagement #LarryKestelman #SportsBiz #Basketball. He co-founded internet service provider Dodo in 2001, which was bought out in 2013, and has interests in various other industries via his holding company LK Group. The Stokes familys Seven Group used creep provisions and now sits at 72.6 per cent, after a complex exchangeable notes deal. Now, with grandstands filling once more, exposure on both Foxtel and Channel Nine and the huge figure of Andrew Bogut returning home to play out his twilight years, not to mention stars like Ben Simmons, Patty Mills and Joe Ingles giving Australian basketball global credibility in Americas NBA, his vision is coming together. Larry and Justin Kestleman photographed in Melbourne, 26 September, 2018. The rise in Atlassian's share price means they are each worth $5.16 billion now. "As an accountant you're actually lucky," he says, playing with a chrome fidget spinner. Get the latest sports star inspiration, athlete Larry Kestelman is a serial entrepreneur whose limitless enthusiasm for business has bred a winning culture throughout the expanding portfolio of companies over which he presides. Reigning champions Perth at least came close to selling out its 13,500-seat stadium for every match, while Melbourne United is back playing games at Hisense Arena. Scott Stavretis was hired in tech support at 20 and is now CEO of Acquire BPO. The Blundy effect has finally arrived at womenswear retailer City Chic Collective! We're on a mission to radically improve the quality of Urban communities being developed across Australia. Now the crowds, television . Kestelman owns various sporting groups, however his main wealth comes from property via his LK Property Groups which he is chief executive. There might have been another crazy dude willing to take this on. Either way, if you follow athletic pursuits in this country, you'll soon come to know him as the white knight of the NBL. It's not the Mercedes it's the Commodore. And bloody hell, it was so much harder than I thought. Discover the most beautiful properties in the world and connect locally with the Finest real estate lawyers, brokers, and property experts. ", Kestelman seems ready. Players went overseas to compete, supporters drifted and sponsors fled. Property developer and Financial Review Rich Lister Larry Kestelmans LK Group has added footwear retailer Brand Collective to his portfolio. A recutting of traditional team jerseys in step with the NBLs new era is planned, with a blue strip with a dominant M hanging on a First Ever wall a sign of whats to come. "This is my way of giving back to the Australian community," he says. Finest Membership Plans We've gone from the depths of despair to a position of immense optimism. It just reinforces the demand for sites in the Toorak Village precinct as being a great place to live for downsizers in Melbourne, Mr Cussell said, noting the relative scarcity of development sites in the area. "), Yet his closest business partners are almost as important. 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