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Anthony Pratt

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Anthony Pratt

Executive Chairman, Visy Industries; Executive Chairman, Pratt Industries
Anthony Pratt

Anthony Pratt is Executive Chairman of Visy and Pratt Industries USA, which together form the world's largest privately-owned recycled paper and packaging company. Combined they employ more than 18,000 people worldwide - including 11,000 in the United States, where Pratt Industries has become the largest Australian employer of Americans operating more than 70 factories across the country. Pratt has also grown from America's 45th biggest corrugated producer to the 5th and in 2020 Anthony was named the Paper & Packaging Industry’s CEO of the Year by a prestigious industry association. He is also a leading global food security advocate and each year sponsors the influential Global Food Forums in the USA and Australia with partners the Wall Street Journal and The Australian respectively. Anthony is also a leading philanthropist. Over the years the family's Pratt Foundation has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to charities in more than 20 countries. He has pledged to give away a further $1 billion in his lifetime. Anthony divides his time between Melbourne and New York City.