Ron Wise is a

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

n businessman and entrepreneur who rose to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. He also has a PhD in biochemistry from the

University of Western Australia University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...

, and owns a winery and the wine label Wise Wines. Wise was a founder of the annual

Diggers & Dealers Diggers & Dealers is an annual mining conference held in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. First held in 1992, today it is attended by over 2,500 delegates. As of 2023, a three-day pass to the conference costs $2,250, while a one-day pass costs $ ...

event in

Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie-Boulder (or just Kalgoorlie) is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder as the surroundi ...

. He also developed the first natural gas venture in Western Australia, Strata Oil and Gas. Wise was recognised as one of the most influential Western Australian businesspeople in ''

The West Australian ''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuousl ...

'' 2013 list of the 100 most influential.

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