John Ingham

John Horace Ingham AO (10 June 19285 August 2003) was a leading Australian businessman and co-founder of the largest thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation in Australia.

Early years and career Ingham was born in Casula, the son of farmer Walter Ingham, he was known as "Jack" from an early age. On his father's death in 1953, along with his brother, Bob, took over Inghams, a small family-run poultry breeding business founded in 1918. The brothers built the company into the largest producer of chickens and turkeys in Australia. A long-time member of the executive committee of the Australian Jockey Club, in 2004 he was inducted posthumously to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.

Personal life Ingham was married three times and had five children.

In 1996, Jack and his brother, Bob, were founding benefactors of the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research.

In 2003, at age seventy-five, Ingham died at Westmead Private Hospital, Sydney after a long struggle with leukemia. His funeral was held in St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney.