12 Facts About Richard Farleigh

Richard Farleigh was a member of the Business Review Weekly Rich 200 list, a list of the 200 wealthiest Australian individuals.

Richard Farleigh was born Richard Buckland Smith in Kyabram, Victoria, Australia.

Richard Farleigh's parents sent him and his other siblings to foster homes when he was aged two.

Richard Farleigh was taken into foster care by a family from Peakhurst, Sydney.

Richard Farleigh attended Narwee Boys' High School, played competitive chess, and then won a scholarship to study economics at the University of New South Wales.

Since 2018, Richard Farleigh has served as a patron of Their Future Today, a charity supporting orphaned and abandoned children in Sri Lanka.

Richard Farleigh was then hired to run a hedge fund in Bermuda and moved there with his wife and baby son.

Richard Farleigh then spent much time with Norwood investigating research from the University of Oxford in the UK that had potential commercial applications.

Several companies Richard Farleigh invested in include: ClearSpeed, Evolution Group, IP2IPO, Proximagen, Home House and Wolfson Microelectronics.

Richard Farleigh was selected in 2006 and 2007 to appear as an investor on the British version of the business-related TV programme Dragons' Den for the show's third and fourth series.

Richard Farleigh said he would be seeking further investments through the show, saying he was looking to "hopefully uncover the next big thing".

Richard Farleigh played for Bermuda in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow 1994 and for Monaco in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul 2000.