Joseph Isaac "Diamond Joe" Gutnick was born on June 1952; Hebrew: and is an Australian businessman, mining industry entrepreneur and the former president of the Melbourne Football Club.
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18 Facts About Joseph Gutnick
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Joseph Gutnick is an ordained Orthodox rabbi, and is well known for his philanthropy in the Jewish world.
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Joseph Gutnick studied at the Telshe yeshiva in Lithuania until 1940 when the country was annexed by the Soviet Union and, via the far east, came to Cairns, Australia in 1941.
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Joseph Gutnick's father died in 2003 after an influential life in the Australian Jewish community, having become president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria in 1967.
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Joseph Gutnick became close with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his role as the Rebbe's Special Emissary for the Integrity of the Land of Israel.
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Joseph Gutnick was responsible for overseeing the discovery of the Plutonic gold deposit, as well as the discovery, development and operation of the Bronzewing and Jundee gold mines in Australia.
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Joseph Gutnick appealed the decision and the decision was vacated for lack of jurisdiction.
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Joseph Gutnick expressed confidence that he could have won on the merits too, had that been necessary.
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From 1987, Joseph Gutnick served as a director of Regis Resources, at times taking on the role of managing director and chairman, which he held until August 2004, when he resigned from all board positions.
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In January 2014 it was announced that Blackham Resources, of which Joseph Gutnick is the chairman, had acquired the Wiluna Gold Mine, a mine which Great Central Mines, under his leadership, held from 1997 to 2000.
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Joseph Gutnick had become chairman of Blackham on 4 February 2013 when his private company, Great Central Gold, invested A$13.
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Joseph Gutnick sued Dow Jones and Company in the Supreme Court of Victoria for defamation regarding an article published about him in Barron's Online in the year 2000.
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On 8 July 2016 Joseph Gutnick declared himself bankrupt with debts of over $275 million.
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Joseph Gutnick held the position of President of the Melbourne Football Club, which is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League, Joseph Gutnick served in the role from 1996 until 2001.
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Joseph Gutnick is an Orthodox Jew, and a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.
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