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Ian Norman (businessman)
Australian businessman and retail executive
This article is about the Australian businessman. For the English professor, see Ian Norman.
Ian John Norman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 February 1939 |
| Died | 29 May 2014(2014-05-29) (aged 75) Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Business executive, company co-founder |
Ian John Norman (5 February 1939 – 29 May 2014)[1] was an Australian businessman and retail executive.[2]
Career
Norman met his business partner Gerry Harvey when both were working as travelling door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen.[3] In 1961, the duo partnered to open their first store in Sydney, which specialised in home appliances and electronics.[3][2] Their store, which was called Norman Ross, expanded to forty-two stores by 1979, with annual sales of $240 million that year.[3] Harvey and Norman sold the Norman Ross chain to Grace Bros who subsequently