Geoffrey Edelsten
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| Born |
Geoffrey Walter Edelsten 2 May 1943 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Education |
Mount Scopus Memorial College Princes Hill Secondary College |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
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| Years active | 1966–present |
| Net worth |
 $63 Million AUD (2012) Bankrupt (in United States) |
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| Partner(s) | Isabel Beard (1989-1990) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | geoffedelsten.com.au |
Geoffrey Walter Edelsten (born 2 May 1943) is an Australian medical entrepreneur who founded Allied Medical Group.
Edelsten was a general practitioner, but was deregistered in New South Wales in 1988 and later in Victoria. In 1990, he was jailed for perverting the course of justice and soliciting Christopher Dale Flannery to assault a former patient.
In the 1980s, Edelsten's unconventional clinics and lifestyle attracted media attention. He owned mansions, helicopters, and a fleet of Rolls-Royces and Lamborghinis with license plates such as Macho, Spunky and Sexy. His multidisciplinary clinics – the forerunners of modern corporate medical practices – were open 24 hours, and were fitted with chandeliers, grand pianos, and mink-covered examination tables.
In 2005, Edelsten and a business partner founded Allied Medical Group, which by 2010 administered 17 medical centres and employed around 250 general practitioners. Edelsten is not, however, a shareholder or owner of the company.
Edelsten was the first private owner of a major Australian football team – the Sydney Swans Football Club, which he bought in 1985.
Edelsten was born in Carlton, an inner suburb of Melbourne, on 2 May 1943. He attended Princes Hill Public School and, in 1960, matriculated from Mount Scopus Memorial College, Australia's first Jewish co-educational school. He went on to study at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree in 1966.
In the 1960s, Edelsten owned a Melbourne-based record company, Hit Productions, which worked with music publishers Festival Records. During the same period, his family owned the Edels record retail chain.
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