Fiona Geminder is an Australian businesswoman, most notable for being associated with

Visy Visy Industries (known as Pratt Industries USA in the US) is a privately owned Australian-American paper, packaging and recycling company established in Melbourne in 1948. Visy was founded by a number of people. Richard Pratt acted as the hea ...

and Pact Group Holdings. She has served as a director of the Kin Group of companies since 2017.

Early life

Born Fiona Pratt, Geminder is a daughter of the late

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...

and Jeanne Pratt. She is the sister of

Anthony Pratt Anthony Pratt may refer to: * Anthony Pratt (businessman) (born 1960), Australian billionaire, executive chairman of Pratt Industries and board member of Visy Industries * Anthony D. G. Pratt (born 1937), British art director * Anthony E. Pratt ...

and Heloise Waislitz. Geminder graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from

Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

in 1985; and completed her

law degree A law degree is an academic degree conferred for studies in law. Some law degrees are professional degrees that are prerequisites or serve as preparation for legal careers. These generally include the Bachelor of Civil Law, Bachelor of Laws, an ...

at Monash University in 2008.

Personal life

Geminder is married to

Raphael Geminder Raphael Geminder is an Australian businessman, most notable for being the founder of the Pact Group Holdings, which is the largest packaging company in Australia. Career Geminder was born and raised in South Africa. He attended the King Davi ...

, who is also notable as the ''

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's'' 90th richest businessman in Australia in 2021. Their daughter Georgia Geminder left a career of fashion modelling to start her own herbal toothpaste company.

Net worth

, Geminder was the third richest woman in Australia, with a

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of 3.3

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, she was listed as the 891th richest person in the world by ''

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'' magazine.

Philanthropy

Geminder is a director of the

Pratt Foundation The Pratt Foundation is an Australian philanthropic Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are privat ...

, the philanthropic organisation founded by her family.

References

External links

LinkedIn Profile

Monash University Alumni Site
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