Graham Smorgon

Graham Smorgon AM is a prominent Australian businessman and a member of the Smorgon family – one of Australia's wealthiest and most powerful and influential families. He was appointed as Chairman of Smorgon Consolidated in 1994, and was the chairman of the Smorgon Steel Group in 2006 when it was split and sold to OneSteel and BlueScope.[1]

He was the grandson of Moses Smorgon, who emigrated from the Russian empire in the 1920s with his brother Naum; Naum's son Victor Smorgon co-founded Smorgon Consolidated Industries.

Smorgon was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2013 Australia Day Honours.[2]

Carlton Football Club Presidency

In April 2006, Smorgon took over the Presidency of the Carlton Football Club after Ian Collins stood down.[3] He held this position until he failed to win a board position in the February 2007 club election that elected Richard Pratt as President of the Carlton Football Club.[4]

References
  1. Aussie steel giants to carve up Smorgon
  2. "SMORGON, Graham Joseph". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  3. Blues ordered Pagan to recruit youth 'too late'
  4. Carlton axes Graham Smorgon
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