Chris Wallin

Chris Wallin is an Australian businessman.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Biography

Early life

He grew up in Moorooka, a suburb of Brisbane.[7] His father was a banker.[7] He attended Brisbane State High School.[6] He attended the University of Queensland on state and commonwealth scholarships, and he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Geology.[4][7]

Career

He worked as a geologist for the Department of Mines and Energy of the Government of Queensland.[1][2][3][7] After he quit his government job, he made his fortune by investing in coal.[1] His company, created in 1989, is called QCoal.[2][3][4][8] He digs coal from the Bowen Basin, including the Sonoma Coal mine.[4][7] He formerly sold coal to Macarthur Coal and Cleveland-Cliffs.[2][7] He now sells to JFE Holdings.[1]

Personal life

He lives in The Gap neighbourhood of Brisbane, and he is the second richest man in Queensland.[1][5] As of March 2012, he is worth an estimated US$1.2 billion or AUS3.78 billion.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Forbes
  2. 1 2 3 4 http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/78/australia-billionaires-11_Chris-Wallin_U9FP.html Forbes 2011 list]
  3. 1 2 3 Forbes 2012 list
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 15. Christopher Wallin, Brisbane Times, December 17, 2012
  5. 1 2 Queensland's richest 100, The Courier-Mail, August 31, 2008
  6. 1 2 The Old Alma Mater, BRW, May 25, 2011
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tony Grant-Taylor, Geologist strikes the big time , Courier-Mail, April 26, 2007
  8. ↑ QCoal Archived January 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.