1. Thomas Robert Waterhouse was born on 11 June 1982 and is an Australian businessman, Chief Investment Officer of Waterhouse VC, Director of TomWaterhouse.
24 Facts About Tom Waterhouse
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Tom Waterhouse is the fourth generation of the Waterhouse racing dynasty and the grandson of one of the first official bookmakers in Australia.
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William "Bill" Waterhouse was the world's biggest bookmaker in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Tom Waterhouse was born in Sydney and educated at Shore, North Sydney.
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Tom Waterhouse is the fourth generation of the family to embrace racing, a tradition that began in 1898 when his great grandfather Charles Hercules Waterhouse, took out a licence to operate on the flat at Randwick.
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Tom Waterhouse was only six months into his Commerce degree, but he immediately rearranged his timetable so that he could attend the races for the rest of the week.
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For four years Tom Waterhouse lived in Melbourne's Crown Casino for most of the week due to the protectionist betting laws in NSW.
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Tom Waterhouse was one of Australia's largest corporate bookmakers, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Darwin.
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In July 2014, Waterhouse became CEO of William Hill Australia operating the TomWaterhouse, Centrebet, Sportingbet, and William Hill brands operating from three countries with approximately 500 employees, one million clients, and over two billion dollars in turnover.
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In July 2020 Waterhouse launched a betting aggregator service the TomWaterhouse App.
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The first bookmaker in the family was Charles Tom Waterhouse, who attained his licence in 1898.
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Tom Waterhouse's mother, Gai Waterhouse is a leading Australian horse trainer, businesswoman, and a former actress.
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Gai Tom Waterhouse served an apprenticeship under her father for fifteen years before receiving her own trainer's licence.
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Tom Waterhouse married wife Hoda Vakili in 2011, in the Italian town of Taormina.
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Tom Waterhouse is a regular contributor to many sports-related television and radio programs, as well as various newspapers and magazines.
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Tom Waterhouse is the co-host of Sportsline on Sky Business, and the racing-focused Two Cups and a Plate on TVN.
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Tom Waterhouse pays to appear on the Nine Network's Wide World of Sports and is a regular during Nine's coverage of the Wallabies, and featured during the Rugby World Cup 2011.
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Tom Waterhouse is a regular guest on 2GB with Alan Jones on Friday mornings during Autumn and Spring to discuss racing and sports.
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Tom Waterhouse regularly featured during the Channel Seven's coverage of Wimbledon 2012, and Ascot on TVN.
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Tom Waterhouse was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars in 2006.
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At the 2013 Sydney Cup day on 27 April at Randwick Racecourse, John Singleton fired Gai Waterhouse as the trainer of his horses amid allegations that Tom Waterhouse gave acquaintances inside information that Singleton's horse More Joyous was unfit to win the All Aged Stakes.
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Tom Waterhouse denied any wrongdoing and was cleared in a stewards enquiry conducted by the Racing NSW.
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Tom Waterhouse was warned not to use his mother's name to promote his bookmaking business.
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Tom Waterhouse was included in the SmartCompany's Hot 30 Under 30 class of 2012, group of entrepreneurs aged 30 years and younger.