- Michael Kailis
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Michael George Kailis (1929–1999) was a West Australian businessman who founded the MG Kailis Group of companies whose head office is in Fremantle, Western Australia.
In 1960 he and his wife Dr Patricia Kailis started a small rock lobster operation in Dongara, later expanding their interests into prawning, shipbuilding and aquaculture [1].
Michael Kailis's parents emigrated to Australia from the Greek island of Kastelorizo.
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Reference
- Hansen Ian and Dorothy (1999) The captain's grandson : the world of Michael Kailis Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN 0646372572 (pbk.)
Categories:- Australian people of Greek descent
- Australian businesspeople
- People from Fremantle
- 1929 births
- 1999 deaths
- Australian business biography stubs
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