Stan Perron

Biography Perron left school at the age of 14 to sell hand-carved handkerchief boxes.

With his brother Keith, Perron founded Perron Brothers, a trucking and earthmoving business, which they sold to Thiess in 1961. His Perron Group is headquartered in East Perth.

Perron died aged 96 in Perth on 23 November 2018. He was posthumously appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Australia Day Honours in recognition for his eminent service to the community through philanthropic contributions to a range of charitable organisations, and to the commercial property sector.

Personal wealth In 2018, the Australian Financial Review assessed Perron's net worth as 3.99 billion, listed on the Financial Review Rich List. Meanwhile in 2015, Forbes assessed his net worth at 1.60 billion, on the list of Australia's 50 richest people.

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Philanthropy In 1978, he established the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation in support of charities for sick and disabled children, and scholarships and awards for university students. He also donated to the Association for the Blind of WA, which has renamed its Centre for Excellence as The Perron Centre.