John Wylie (businessman)

John Wylie AM (born 1961) is a leading Australian investment banker. He was previously Managing Director and Head of Corporate Advisory of Lazard and Chair of the Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust. He is Chairman of the Australian Sports Commission, and President of the State Library of Victoria Board.

Wylie was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1961. His parents are Rodney and Nerida Wylie. He is married to Monaco born Myriam Boisbouvier and they have four sons. In 2011, his wife was appointed France’s honorary consul in Victoria. He attended Brisbane Boys College. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce with first class honors from University of Queensland. In 1983, he was a Rhodes Scholar and completed a Master of Philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford University.

After completing his Rhodes Scholarship, he took up a position with First Boston in New York. He moved to Melbourne in 1991 with First Boston that later became Credit Suisse First Boston / Credit Suisse. He was Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston between 1994 and 1999. Major financial projects that he worked on included the privatization of QANTAS and Victorian Government’s sell down of its power industry between 1993 and 1999. It has been stated that power industry sale project made his career as it resulted in $14 billion more than initial revenue projections.

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