News Articles for Jack Bendat

The late Jack Bendat's family foundation has donated $1.5 million for respiratory research at St John of God Subiaco Hospital.

Much has changed on the state's playing fields and courts over the past 30 years, but success comes in many forms and WA teams still deliver.

Perth Wildcats may have missed the playoffs for the first time in 36 years, but that didn't stop the league's most successful franchise from booking a profit of $750,000 for the financial year.

I've been itching to take a good look under the bonnet of the Perth Wildcats operation ever since sharemarket-listed Sports Entertainment Group bought the NBL's most successful franchise from the late Jack Bendat for $8.5 million last year.

Jack Bendat arrived in Perth 56 years ago with little money and no connections. He proceeded to carve a business career that made him one of WA's most successful entrepreneurs.

Soaring valuations for tech companies and mining stocks have brought major shifts in this year's list of WA wealth creators.

The sale of the Perth Wildcats could be the final big deal for Jack Bendat, who is both a renowned philanthropist and one of the toughest business operators WA has seen.

Sports Entertainment Group has agreed to buy the Perth Wildcats from long-time owner Jack Bendat for $8.5 million.

Sydney-based Sports Entertainment Group has confirmed its plans to purchase the Perth Wildcats from Jack Bendat, who has owned the basketball team since 2007.

The updated WA ‘rich list' shows the state's iron ore magnates are moving far ahead of people who made their money in other industries.

West Australian Ballet launched a new endowment fund at Government House last night, with two separate donations from Jack Bendat and Alexandra Burt's foundations totalling $4.1 million.

From basketball to rugby, Nick Marvin has worked for two of the state's wealthiest businessmen on their sporting projects.

The new owner of Perth's professional women's basketball team has set the agenda for gender equality in professional sports.

Kerry Stokes is one of Australia's wealthiest and most private business leaders, but that has changed with the release of two biographies in two years. However conspicuous gaps in what we know about his deals and erstwhile partners remain.

Greater public exposure has helped lift community engagement with, and funding to, the not-for-profit sector.

Five of Perth's top entrepreneurs sat down with WA Business News to talk about managing change, boosting philanthropy and achieving long-term success.

Philanthropy is an inevitable topic when it comes to wealth creators in Western Australia.

WA's major sporting franchises remain bullish about the year ahead after mixed performances in 2009.

THE global financial crisis was a tough time for most businesses, none more so than sporting clubs that discovered the risks of choosing the wrong sponsor.