Paul Ramsay
Healthcare

Paul Ramsay Net Worth

Paul Ramsay, founder of Ramsay Health Care, was born in 1936 in Australia. He founded the hospital group in 1964 and it grew to become the largest in Australia at the time of his death in 2014. He also held a major stake in regional TV and radio broadcaster Prime Media and digital advertising firm AdStream, as well as a stake in a Louisiana plantation mansion. He was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2002 and his estate was to benefit the Australian community through the Paul Ramsay Foundation.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Year 1936
Birth Place Australia
Age 84 YEARS OLD
Died On 1 May 2014\nBowral, New South Wales
Cause of death Heart attack
Education St Ignatius College, Riverview
Occupation Businessman, philanthropist
Spouse(s) Single, never married

💰 Net worth: $3 Billion (2024)

Paul Ramsay, a prominent figure in the healthcare sector in Australia, is projected to have a net worth of $3 billion by 2024. As a well-known healthcare magnate, Ramsay has made significant contributions to the industry, leaving an indelible mark on the nation's healthcare landscape. With his vast fortune, he has consistently invested in the betterment of healthcare services in Australia, aiming to provide accessible and top-notch care to its citizens. Paul Ramsay's entrepreneurial endeavors and dedication to the healthcare sector have earned him both financial success and immense recognition in the country.

2011 $1.5 Billion
2012 $1.7 Billion
2013 $2.5 Billion
2014 $3 Billion
2018 $3 Billion

Biography/Timeline

1964

In 1964, Ramsay founded one of the first private psychiatric hospitals in Sydney. It evolved into Ramsay Health Care, a private hospital company of which he was chairman of the board. As of July 2014 it comprised 151 hospitals and day surgery facilities in Australia, Europe and Asia. He was one of the initiators of television aggregation in Australia and built stations across the country, which today form part of the PRIME7 Television Network. Ramsay was chairman of the Prime Media Group for almost 30 years until relinquishing this role in April 2014. He sat on the board of Directors of Adstream and on the advisory board of the Australian Science Media Centre.

2009

In 2009, he was appointed chairman of Sydney FC. He also owned luxury real estate. He served on the board of the George Gregan Foundation. He was chairman of Ramsay Youth Services, a charity for young people. He sat on the Board of the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation. In 2002, he became an Officer of the Order of Australia for his philanthropy. In June of the same year, he was on the Queen's Birthday Honours List. In 2011, he donated AUS$300,000 to the Kevin Spacey Foundation.

2014

Aged 78, he died on 1 May 2014 in his Bowral home after suffering a heart attack in Spain.

2017

In 2017 the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation was launched, funded by a $3 billion bequest by Ramsay, who had "wanted a significant part of his personal fortune to be spent on funding an academic centre to revive the liberal arts and humanities". The bequest was the "biggest philanthropic gift in the history of education in Australia" and the Centre, headed by Simon Haines, formerly professor of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was launched by the former Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

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