Gretel Packer

Gretel Packer
AM
BornAugust 1965 (age 59)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
Known forPacker family
Spouses
  • Nick Barham
    ​
    (div. 1999)​
    [1]
  • Shane Murray
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2005; div. 2007)​
    [2]
Children3[1]
Parents
Relatives

Gretel Lees Packer AM (born August 1965[3]) is an Australian billionaire investor and philanthropist.[4]

Packer is the daughter of Kerry Packer AC, a media mogul, and his wife, Roslyn Packer AC. She is the granddaughter of Sir Frank Packer. Following the death of her father and an estimated A$1.2 billion settlement[3] in 2015 with her brother, James, she inherited investments in Crown Resorts, and other companies.[5]

Her philanthropic interests include a broad range of community activities and charities aligned to the arts, education, and environmental science. Packer is Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales,[6] Chair of the Advisory Board of Crown Resorts Foundation, Chair of the Packer Family Foundation, Chair of The Sydney Theatre Company Foundation, and a Founding Patron of the Taronga Zoo Conservation Science Initiative and a Founding Governor of the Taronga Zoo Foundation. She has previously served as a Director of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation and as a Council Member of the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation.[7]

  1. ^ a b Sharp, Annette (10 August 2013). "Gretel Packer steps out with her boys". Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Baby boy for Gretel Packer". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 29 January 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b Hornery, Andrew (5 June 2020). "Gretel Packer packs artistic punch with philanthropic ways". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ^ Albert, Jane (2 May 2019). "The 5 wealthy women who championed Sydney Modern". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ^ Kitney, Damon (12 October 2018). "The ties that bind". The Australian. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Gretel Packer". Forbes. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Art Gallery of NSW Board of Trustees". About us. Art Gallery of New South Wales. n.d. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2019.