Ernest Fisk

Sir
Ernest Fisk
Ernest Fisk (right) with Governor-General Gowrie during a factory tour in 1939.
Born
Ernest Thomas Fisk

8 August 1886
Died8 July 1965
EducationMarconi Training School, University of Sydney
Occupation(s)Businessman and entrepreneur, TV/radio engineer
Known forFounder, later managing director and chairman of Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) (AMA)
Managing director of EMI
Awardssee: Honours

Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk (8 August 1886 – 8 July 1965) was an English Australian businessman and entrepreneur, TV and radio engineer, he was the founder (1913) and later managing director (1916) and chairman (1932) of Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) (AWA). In 1944 was appointed managing director of the EMI music empire.[1][2]

  1. ^ Goot, Murray. Fisk, Sir Ernest Thomas (1886–1965). Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. ^ IEEE New South Wales Section History – IEEE Global History Network.