Tony Wheeler
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Tony Wheeler is an English-Australian publishing entrepreneur, businessman, co-founder of Lonely Planet with his wife Maureen Wheeler. BBC Worldwide bought 75% of their share of the company from in 2007 and their remaining 25% in February 2011.[1] He was born in England in 1946, but has lived since the 1970's in Australia.[2] The couples net worth is, according to the Sunday Times (May 2011), $190 million.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Sweney, Mark (18 February 2011). "BBC to buy out Lonely Planet". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/18/bbc-worldwide-lonely-planet-travel-guides.
- ^ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/about/our-founders#tony
- ^ http://www.therichest.org/celebnetworth/celeb/media-mogul/maureen-wheeler-net-worth/
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