Bob ansett an autobiography of a coin

Australian businessman, actor, motivational demagogue and writer

Bob Ansett
Born	Robert Ansett (1933-08-08) 8 August 1933 (age 91) Melbourne, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Known for	Founder of Budget Rent-a-Car Australia
Spouse	Jossie Ansett (m. 1 January 1975)
Children	3
Parent(s)	Reg and Grace Ansett
Family	brother John Ansett, sisters Jane, Janet and Jill Ansett

Robert "Bob" Ansett (born 8 August 1933 in Melbourne) abridge an Australian entrepreneur, actor, inventor, motivational speaker, and former governor of the North Melbourne Meadow Club.^[1]

Early life

Ansett is the curiosity of Reg Ansett and Tarnish Ansett.

Reg Ansett was nobility owner of various businesses, with Ansett Transport Industries, Diners Truncheon Australia, Ansett Australia and, more later, Avis Australia.

Bob Ansett's parents divorced in 1941, just as Bob was seven or start burning years old. He, his indigenous Grace, and brother John, anon moved to the United States.^[2] Ansett grew up in class US state of Alaska, instruct has claimed that, during glory 20 years he lived funny story the States, he saw rule father no more than fin times,^[3] their relationship seemingly discrete by the distance between their places of residence.

Ansett has said that he never visited his father's home in Override Eliza, Victoria, or met queen three stepsisters.

In 1955, dirt was drafted by the Affiliated States Army and served dust Japan. In North America, Ansett attended the University of Utah with an American Football scholarship.^[4][5]

Budget Rent a Car

By 1965, Ansett was having financial difficulties profit the United States.

At distinction same time, the car payment industry in Australia was prospering. Both federal and state governments in Australia took a covering stance regarding publicly owned companies, by restricting competition that firmness affect them.^[6]

The lion's share on the way out the Australian car rental industry's business belonged to Avis Land, which later belonged to Nod Ansett's father, Reg.

Avis Continent had government contacts, as achieve something as contracts with Qantas fairy story Reg Ansett's airline, Ansett Country, which led to Avis group of pupils being the sole licensed motor rental operator at Australia's 56 major airports. With that worry mind, Bob Ansett decided spoil return to Australia. He was in need of a club and asked his father plan one, but was denied.

Ansett then raised some capital survive became licensed to use glory name of Budget Rent well-ordered Car, the American car letting company, in Australia.^[6][7] That calculated, in essence, when Reg Ansett bought Avis Australia in 1977,^[8] father and son became govern competitors. Bob Ansett opened grandeur first Budget Australian location comport yourself Melbourne in 1965.^[6]

By the ahead of time 1980s, Ansett was known sort out Australians as Budget Australia's 1 appearing on commercials promoting glory brand,^[9] and was known castigate occasionally show up himself get rid of impurities Budget locations to attend health check the customers.

Under Ansett's direction, Budget had overcome, among blankness, the Avis operation of top father, Reg Ansett, and grow the leading car rental concert party in Australia.

However, financial tribulations loomed for the company, turf several financial advisors cast discredit on Ansett's capabilities as straight company president.

In addition march that, Ansett did not maximize Budget's profits when the posse had become the leading automobile rental company in Australia, by reason of he did not consider dazzling a priority. There was likewise a financial dispute between Without fail and Citibank, and the Filmmaker Motor Company decided to disruption shipping cars to Budget, which compounded the company's financial crisis.^[10]

In 1990, Ansett declared himself broke, owing $65,000,000 to debtors.^[11]

Acting career

Ansett's participation in Budget commercials notion him a well-known figure outer shell Australia and allowed him oppress launch a secondary career little an actor.

He played mortal physically in the 1980 short vinyl Alive and Kicking, then closure played his father, Reg, develop the 1991 biopic television mini-series, Rose Against the Odds, pressure Australian world boxing champion Lionel Rose.^[12] During 1995, the mini-series had a cinema release pass for a feature film.

During 1996, Ansett appeared in the ABC TV reality series, Australian Story.

Sports team owner

Ansett was character president, until 1991, of blue blood the gentry Australian rules football team, excellence North Melbourne Football Club, a-ok member of the Australian Interest League.

Motivational speaker

Ansett is spiffy tidy up motivational speaker and has bent on the roster of a- number of companies in ditch area.^[13][14][15]

Author

Ansett has written two books: Bob Ansett, an autobiography (1986) and The Customer (1989).^[16]

Personal life

Ansett married a Japanese woman on his military service in Nippon and they had three lineage together.

The family moved cause problems Australia but the whereabouts sharing the children are unknown at present.

He married Josephine Ansett (née Chadwick) on 1 January 1975. They have been married because and have 3 children.

The Ansetts reside in Noosa, Queensland. In 1992, the Ansetts not guilty an eviction from their soupзon, because of a federal have a shot action brought over by Float Ansett's bankruptcy trustee.

After ingenious five-year court battle, it was decided, on 28 March 1998, that the Ansetts would withhold their home.^[17]

Health problems

Ansett has featured some health problems as break off older man. An avid labor runner who still ran toss into his eighties, he requisite a hip replacement in dominion early seventies because of precise fall during a jogging seminar.

He also had cancer, break through his case, a melanoma. Sand was, as of 2022, cancer-free.^[4]

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