{{Short description|Australian businessman (born 1960)}} {{other people}} {{Multiple issues| {{Cleanup press release|1=article|date=August 2024}} {{Tone|date=August 2024}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Anthony Pratt | honorific_suffix = | image = Anthony Pratt 2019.jpg | alt = | caption = Pratt in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|04|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | other_names = | title = Chairman, Visy | years_active = | organization = | known_for = | boards = {{unbulleted list|Visy|Pratt Industries}} | father = Richard Pratt | mother = Jeanne Pratt | relatives = {{unbulleted list|Heloise Waislitz (sister)|Fiona Geminder (sister)}} | spouse = | partner = Claudine Revere | children = 2<ref name="Kitney-2011">{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/anthony-pratt-to-return-from-us-and-take-helm-of-family-flagship/story-e6frg8zx-1226023521299 |title=Anthony Pratt to return from US and take helm of family flagship |author=Kitney, Damon |work=The Australian |date=18 March 2011 |access-date=3 June 2012 }}</ref> | alma_mater = Monash University }} '''Anthony Joseph Pratt''' (born 11 April 1960) is an American-based Australian businessman. He is the executive chairman of Pratt Industries, the largest individually-owned manufacturing company in America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australia's Richest 250 – The List 2025 (September) |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fbusiness%2Faustralias-richest-250-canva-founders-up-36bn-atlassian-and-gina-rinehart-drop%2Fnews-story%2F3199ce6c81ec4a8e9b9d88bfa11da33b&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPB-Segment-1-NOSCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append}}</ref> Pratt is also the chairman of Visy, the Australian packaging company started by his grandfather Leon Pratt in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billionaire Richard Pratt dies aged 74 |url=https://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/20090422-billionaire-richard-pratt-dies-aged-74/}}</ref> Pratt and his family's net worth was assessed at A$30 billion (US$20 billion) in the annual list compiled by The Australian newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australia's Richest 250 – The List 2025 |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fbusiness%2Faustralias-richest-250-canva-founders-up-36bn-atlassian-and-gina-rinehart-drop%2Fnews-story%2F3199ce6c81ec4a8e9b9d88bfa11da33b&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPB-Segment-1-NOSCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Pratt was born in Melbourne, Victoria on April 11, 1960, to Richard Pratt (né Przecicki) and Jeanne Pratt {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}}, both Polish-Jewish immigrants.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ward |first1=Jodi |title=Anthony Pratt |url=http://bhumigreens.com/2016/02/28/anthony-pratt.html |date=28 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804214412/http://bhumigreens.com/2016/02/28/anthony-pratt.html |archive-date=4 August 2016 |website=Bhumigreens.com |access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref> His siblings are Heloise Waislitz and Fiona Geminder.
Pratt grew up in the inner Melbourne suburb of Kew. He was interviewed by ''The Australian Jewish News'' on the occasion of his ''bar mitzvah'', which reported his pledge to donate the proceeds towards the construction of a ''nachala'' (estate) in his name in Kerem Maharal, Israel.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/262926540|title=Nachla for Barmitzvah|newspaper=The Australian Jewish News|access-date=24 October 2023}}</ref> Pratt attended Mount Scopus Memorial College in Burwood. He graduated from Monash University, Melbourne, with a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthony Pratt MSLE Dean's Lecture|url=http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/s/1182/match/wide.aspx?sid=1182&pgid=4107&gid=1&cid=5805&ecid=5805&post_id=0|website=The University of Melbourne|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> He was part of the Young Leadership Division of the United Israel Appeal in the 1980s, serving as co-chair of its fundraising committee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/261475381|title=Young are committed to fund-raising|newspaper=The Australian Jewish News|date=4 March 1988}}</ref>
==Business career== thumb|250x250px|Anthony Pratt pledged to invest $5b in American manufacturing during an April 2025 White House meeting with President Trump Pratt joined McKinsey & Company in 1982. Later, he joined his family's company Visy,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/anthony-pratt/?sh=395104ae6d1f | title=Anthony Pratt | website=Forbes }}</ref> initially as joint general manager of the board, before becoming deputy chairman in 1988.<ref name=USSC/>
alt=President Trump and Anthony Pratt at Mar-a-Lago|thumb|President Trump and Anthony Pratt at Mar-a-Lago
Three years later, he moved to the United States to lead the company's expansion. Over the next 15 years, Pratt Industries grew 15-fold in sales and earnings, through greenfield initiatives and the acquisition of several corrugated manufacturing companies that now form the heart of Pratt Industries. Company revenues grew from {{USD}}100 million in 1991 to {{USD}}3 billion in 2016.<ref name="BRW-2013"/><ref>{{cite news |first=Damon|last=Kitney|title=Anthony Pratt to launch packaging deal for e-tailing sector|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/anthony-pratt-to-launch-packaging-deal-for-etailing-sector/news-story/3a829a024f3eba680ce141ee2b5591b3|work=The Australian Business Review|publisher=News Corp Australia|date= 25 January 2016|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref>
Following his father's death in 2009, Pratt returned to Australia to take over as executive chairman of Visy, a role his father had held for 30 years.
In September 2013, Pratt was elected an executive member of the Australia-Japan Business Cooperation Committee, a group dedicated for more than 50 years to strengthening ties between the two countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Members List |url=http://www.ajbcc.asn.au/uploads/5/6/2/3/5623680/ajbcc_memberslist_aug2013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020120920/http://www.ajbcc.asn.au/uploads/5/6/2/3/5623680/ajbcc_memberslist_aug2013.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2014 |publisher=Australia-Japan Business Cooperation Committee}}</ref> In October 2013, Prime Minister Tony Abbott invited Pratt on an official visit to Indonesia – the first overseas trip by the incoming leader.<ref>{{cite news |last=Maher |first=Sid |date=2 October 2013 |title=Abbott's focus on international trade delights CEOs |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/economics/abbotts-focus-on-international-trade-delights-ceos/story-e6frg926-1226731151648 |work=The Australian}}</ref> Later that month, Pratt announced that former advisor to President Obama and the outgoing US Ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey Bleich, would join the Pratt Group advisory board.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kitney |first=Damon |date=11 October 2013 |title=US Ambassador for Pratt Advisory Board |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/us-ambassador-for-pratt-advisory-board/story-e6frg8zx-1226737054043 |work=The Australian}}</ref>
In 2016, Pratt opened a 100% recycled paper mill in Valpairaiso, IN, adding about {{USD}}1 billion to his wealth.<ref name="ABC News-2016">{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-26/brw-rich-list-topped-by-harry-triguboff/7448044 |title=BRW rich list topped by Harry Triguboff, Gina Rinehart slips to fourth |work=ABC News |access-date=26 May 2016 |date=26 May 2016}}</ref> It was officially opened by then-Governor Mike Pence.<ref>{{cite news |first=Joseph S.|last=Pete|title=Pratt unveils $250 million, environment-friendly paper mill for Valparaiso|url=http://www.indianaeconomicdigest.net/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=64&ArticleID=83542|work=Indiana Economic Digest|date=31 March 2016|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref> In March 2017, Pratt opened his 68th factory, a box-making plant, with Wisconsin governor Scott Walker in Beloit.<ref>{{cite news |first=Simon|last=Matthis|title=Pratt officially opens new corrugated box factory|url=http://www.pulpapernews.com/20170518/8569/pratt-officially-opens-new-corrugated-box-factory|work=Pulp & Paper|date=24 March 2017|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref> On 4 May 2017, Pratt pledged to invest A$2 billion to create 5,000 high-paying manufacturing jobs over 10 years mainly in the Midwest.<ref>{{cite news |first=Peter|last=Mitchell|title=Donald Trump gives standing ovation to Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/donald-trump-gives-standing-ovation-to-australian-billionaire-anthony-pratt-20170505-gvz1tf.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 May 2017|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Andrew|last=Bolt|title=Andrew Bolt on Malcolm Turnbull: Time to stand up and invest in Australian businesses|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-bolt/andrew-bolt-on-malcolm-turnbull-time-to-stand-up-and-invest-in-australian-businesses/news-story/263c4eedaac99ff3ee1c61a37d919d02|work=Herald Sun|date=7 May 2017|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref> In August 2017, Pratt made a further investment pledge of A$2 billion in Visy Australia to create 5,000 Australian manufacturing jobs.<ref>{{cite news |first=Damon|last=Kitney|title=Billionaire Anthony Pratt pledges to invest $2bn in Visy Australia|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/billionaire-anthony-pratt-pledges-to-invest-2bn-in-visy-australia/news-story/3ff1e0cfdb77044f5b40e04db7f832b0|work=The Australian Business Review|date=23 August 2017|url-access=subscription|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Danny|last=Tran|title=Visy recycling empire to create 5,000 new jobs with $2 billion investment boost|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-23/visy-recycling-cardboard-giant-2-billion-investment-5000-jobs/8834828|work=ABC|date=23 August 2017|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref>
In 2017, Pratt launched the Superfund Roundtable in partnership with the ''Australian Financial Review''. The annual event attracts some of the nation's leading business executives and financiers and is aimed at increasing superfund lending to Australian businesses to drive economic growth and create jobs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-22 |title=Super funds eye corporate credit amid 'overwhelming' inflows |url=https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/super-funds-eye-corporate-credit-amid-overwhelming-inflows-20220222-p59yn2 |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Australian Financial Review|language=en}}</ref>
Since taking over the company, Pratt has taken a strong interest in sustainable agriculture, food security, and water issues, stating that his motivation is that 70% of his Australian customers are in the food and beverage sector.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/pratt-warns-of-food-security-danger-20111115-1nh9e.html|title=Pratt warns of food security danger|work=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=16 November 2011}}</ref> In October 2016, Pratt was the founding sponsor of ''The Wall Street Journal''{{'s}} inaugural U.S.-based Global Food Forum.<ref>{{cite news |first=Damon|last=Kitney|title=Anthony Pratt urges California to lift its agricultural output|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/anthony-pratt-urges-california-to-lift-its-agricultural-output/news-story/952223d9a2a2ba53b6886d8499ec2799|work=The Australian Business Review|date=16 January 2017|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Stormy|last=Curry|title=Anthony Pratt discusses California and The Global Food Forum|url=http://www.foxla.com/good-day/good-day-la-experts-and-other-guests/228979169-story|work=Good Day LA|date=13 January 2017|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref> In his opening remarks, Pratt called on food industry leaders to start a national conversation about how to double the size of the American food industry to US$1.8 trillion and thereby create millions of new jobs under the slogan "Export Food, Not Jobs".<ref>{{cite news |title=Anthony Pratt on campaign to create 1 million new jobs in US|url=https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/anthony-pratt-on-campaign-to-create-1-million-new-jobs-in-us|work=Fox News|date=6 October 2016|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Damon|last=Kitney|title=Anthony Pratt dares US to double food production|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/global-food-forum/anthony-pratt-dares-us-to-double-food-production/news-story/94dc876dd6460ad9ba222e9da321b890|work=The Australian |date= 6 October 2016|access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Australia shifting to 'dining boom': Visy CEO|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/business/business/company/2017/03/28/australia-shifting-to--dining-boom---visy-ceo.html|access-date=17 July 2017|publisher=Skynews|date=28 March 2017}}</ref> At subsequent Global Food Forum dinners during 2017 in Los Angeles and Chicago, Pratt continued to advocate for increased U.S. food exports.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
In 2020, Pratt completed one of the biggest Australian manufacturing deals ever - buying the Australian assets of Owens Illinois for A$1 billion to become Australia's largest glass bottle manufacturer. In February 2021, Pratt pledged to invest an additional A$2 billion to increase the recycled content of Australian glass bottles from 30% to 70% and to build more clean energy plants as part of the goal to halve landfills and double the recycled content of manufactured products.<ref>{{citation|title=Scott Morrison and Anthony Pratt break new ground, glass, in Sydney |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 February 2021 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/scott-morrison-and-anthony-pratt-break-new-ground-glass-in-sydney-20210225-p5766n.html}}</ref>
In July 2021, Pratt announced his largest-ever deal in the US – a new US$500 million paper mill in Henderson, Kentucky.<ref>{{Cite web|website=The Daily Telegraph|title=Manufacturing enters the digital age|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/anthony-pratt-wants-to-take-manufacturing-into-the-digital-age/news-story/acbbc3bc0d081b109ce001421a295ce9|access-date=2021-08-03|language=en}}</ref> Upon completion it will mean Pratt has built six of the last eight paper mills in the US - all 100% recycled.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} Pratt's two companies now employ 17,000 in America and Australia.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} ''The Jerusalem Post'' named him 35th on its list of the world's 50 "Most Influential Jews" of 2021.<ref>{{citation|title=50 Most Influential Jews|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=12 September 2021 |url=https://m.jpost.com/50-most-influential-jews/anthony-pratt-678146}}</ref> In November 2021, Pratt and Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf opened Pratt's new A$150 million state-of-the-art box factory in Carlisle.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sentinel|first=Zack Hoopes The|title=Gov. Wolf marks completion of $150 million packaging factory in Carlisle|url=https://cumberlink.com/news/local/gov-wolf-marks-completion-of-150-million-packaging-factory-in-carlisle/article_ae0da33a-abf7-59c0-9802-c2d1f8be4726.html|access-date=2021-11-19|website=The Sentinel|date=18 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Pratt also welcomed two other US governors to his factories in the fall of 2022. In September, Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards visited Pratt's 100% recycled paper mill in Shreveport.<ref>{{Cite web |author=TW Starr |title=Governor visits Port business; hints at new announcement coming soon |url=https://www.ktbs.com/news/governor-visits-port-business-hints-at-new-announcement-coming-soon/article_c2ecb3a0-3dde-11ed-8b0e-bb2d0ff9b312.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=KTBS |date=26 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> A few weeks later, Kansas governor Laura Kelly officially opened his new US$200m corrugated box factory in Wichita.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stavropoulos |first=Theo |date=2022-10-03 |title=Governor Laura Kelly Joins Pratt Industries For Grand Opening of Park City Plant |url=https://www.kansascommerce.gov/2022/10/governor-laura-kelly-joins-pratt-industries-for-grand-opening-of-park-city-plant/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Kansas Department of Commerce |language=en-US}}</ref>
Pratt attended the national Jobs and Skills Summit in September 2022 in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The full list of job summit attendees |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/the-full-list-of-jobs-summit-attendees-20220830-p5be1f |website=Australian Financial Review|date=30 August 2022 }}</ref> In October 2022, he broke ground on his Australian company's largest ever single investment - a A$500m glass recycling factory outside Brisbane, Queensland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ground-breaking milestone for Qld's glass manufacturing industry |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/96397 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Ministerial Media Statements |language=en}}</ref>alt=Anthony Pratt and Pennsylvania's Governor Tom Wolf|thumb|Anthony Pratt and Pennsylvania's Governor Tom Wolf tour Pratt's new $150m state-of-the-art box factory in Carlisle.
In November, 2022, Pratt pledged to invest A$5 billion, in an agreement made with Caroline Kennedy, the US Ambassador to Australia, in recycling and clean energy infrastructure to create 5,000 well-paying{{clarification needed|date=October 2023}}, green-collar American manufacturing jobs over the next 10 years.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Since making that pledge, Pratt has spent and committed hundreds of millions of dollars on new factories.
In September 2023 Pratt opened a {{USD}}700 million mill in Henderson, for the manufacture of recycled paper. The Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, granted Pratt with the honorary title of Kentucky Colonel in acknowledgment of Pratt's contribution to the State of Kentucky.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Minear |first=Tom |date=September 15, 2023 |title=Australian recycling king Anthony Pratt opens $1 billion paper mill plant |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/companies/australian-recycling-king-anthony-pratt-opens-1-billion-paper-mill-plant/news-story/6170ed89ae3c1cd971af9bac620632a7?amp# |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=The Herald Sun}}</ref> That same month Pratt announced to the Governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, that he would invest another US$500 million and create hundreds of jobs in Pennsylvania over the next ten years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-18 |title=Governor Shapiro: Pratt Industries Invests $500 Million in Pennsylvania to Create Hundreds of New Jobs |url=https://dced.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-shapiro-pratt-industries-invests-500-million-in-pennsylvania-to-create-hundreds-of-new-jobs/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=PA Department of Community & Economic Development |language=en-US}}</ref>
The US$5 billion pledge to Kennedy also included the construction of the most advanced corrugated box factory in the United States. The US$200 million manufacturing plant, which was opened by Georgia governor Brian Kemp in April 2024, produces more than one million boxes every day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pratt Opens Plant in Austell |url=https://georgiarecycles.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/June2024Enews.pdf |website=GeorgiaRecycles.org}}</ref>
In late 2023, Pratt's Australian company, Visy, opened an A$175 million factory in Brisbane, Queensland;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visy opens box factory in Qld |url=https://www.foodprocessing.com.au/content/packaging-labelling-coding/news/visy-opens-box-factory-in-qld-1030439419#:~:text=Visy's%20new%20corrugated%20cardboard,opened%20on%20Monday%209%20October. |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=www.foodprocessing.com.au |language=en}}</ref> and a new recycled can factory, located at {{NSWcity|Smithfield}}, Sydney, that can process up to 1.2 billion cans every year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Peter |date=2023-10-23 |title=Manufacturing news briefs - stories you might have missed |url=https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/manufacturing-news-briefs-stories-you-might-have-missed-379 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Australian Manufacturing Forum |language=en-AU}}</ref> In February 2024, Visy opened its upgraded glass sorting plant in Melbourne which overnight doubled its recycling capacity to {{convert|200000|t|ST}} and enabled the company to produce bottles and jars with 70% recycled content.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visy Glass Recycling Factory, Melbourne, Australia |url=https://www.packaging-gateway.com/projects/visy-glass-recycling-factory-melbourne-australia/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Packaging Gateway |language=en-US}}</ref> In September 2024, Pratt and New South Wales Premier Chris Minns opened Australia's most energy-efficient glass recycling factory in Sydney. The A$150 million plant is Australia's first oxygen-only fuelled furnace and can produce more than two million recycled glass containers every day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chate |first=Emily |date=2024-07-24 |title=Innovative glass recycling factory opens in Penrith |work=The Western Weekender |url=https://westernweekender.com.au/2024/07/innovative-glass-recycling-factory-opens-in-penrith/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Then, in December 2025, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins joined Pratt in opening his new 500,000 sq ft box factory in Warner Robbins, GA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pratt Industries opens Warner Robins factory supporting Georgia farmers |url=https://www.41nbc.com/pratt-industries-warner-robins-factory-opening/}}</ref>
In May 2026, award-winning Australian writer Jane Cadzow profiled Pratt in a lengthy article in the country's leading newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=He Keeps Ex-PMs on retainer, parties with Trump, and dines with King Charles: this is Anthony Pratt |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/he-keeps-ex-pms-on-retainer-parties-with-trump-and-dines-with-king-charles-this-is-anthony-pratt-20260505-p5ztve.html}}</ref>
In the article, Australian businessman Ahsok Jacob, executive chairman of asset management firm Ellerston Capital, summed up Pratt's achievements in America. "This is probably the most successful US expansion by any Australian company, ever," he said. "It's one of the best manufacturing businesses that you will see anywhere in the world. It just relentlessly doubles in size every five to six years." <ref name=":0" />
=== Relationship with politicians and royalty === thumb|Pratt with Attorney General Pam Bondi at a black tie dinner celebrating President Trump's inauguration. When Donald Trump was elected as US president in 2017, Pratt became a paying member of Trump's Florida Mar-a-Lago resort club and pledged to invest another {{USD}}2 billion in American manufacturing jobs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stensholt |first=John |date=25 May 2017 |title=Rich List 2017: Visy CEO Anthony Pratt says the 'magic is in the supply chain' |url=http://www.afr.com/leadership/afr-lists/rich-list/rich-list-2017-visy-ceo-anthony-pratt-says-the-magic-is-in-the-supply-chain-20170418-gvmofr |access-date=6 July 2017 |work=The Australian Financial Review}}</ref> Over the next few years, he visited Mar-a-Lago about ten times, and got to know Trump. In 2018, he visited the White House when Australia's prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, was present. In 2019, Trump publicly called Pratt a friend and praised him for funding a Pratt Industries plant in Wapakoneta, Ohio.<ref name="Faulders-2023">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-white-house-trump-allegedly-discussed-potentially-sensitive/story?id=103760456#:~:text=Months%20after%20leaving%20the%20White,more%20than%20a%20dozen%20foreign |title=Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with foreign national after leaving White House: Sources |work=ABC News |location=United States |date=2023-10-06 |access-date=2023-10-06 |author=Faulders, Katherine |author2=Mallin, Alexander |author3=Levine, Mike}}</ref> Pratt privately stated that he associated with Trump to advance his own business interests.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/us/politics/anthony-pratt-donald-trump.html |title=A President, a Billionaire and Questions About Access and National Security |work=New York Times |date= 22 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/10/trump-bribery-scandal-mar-a-lago-pratt-republicans-claim-biden.html |title=Trump Is Actually Guilty of the Kind of Bribery Republicans Imagine Biden Did |work=New York Magazine |date= 23 October 2023}}</ref> When Pratt's private comments were revealed in the media, Trump responded by calling Pratt "a red haired weirdo from Australia" and denying talking to him about submarines.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 October 2023 |access-date=23 September 2024 |first=Christopher |last= Knaus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/23/donald-trump-truth-social-post-nuclear-submarines-red-haired-weirdo-australian-billionaire-anthony-pratt |title=Donald Trump calls billionaire Anthony Pratt 'red haired weirdo from Australia' as he denies discussing submarines }}</ref>
In 2017, Pratt attended Vice President Mike Pence's business roundtable at the Vice President's official residence in Washington D.C.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lacy |first=Christine |date=23 May 2017 |title=Antony Catalano's got the cream of Byron Bay hotels |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/margin-call/antony-catalanos-got-the-cream-of-byron-bay-hotels/news-story/bf159b0e4a37f8f8a423bd113e1c4543 |access-date=6 July 2017 |work=The Australian Business Review}}</ref>
Sources have alleged that in the months after leaving office, Trump discussed classified aspects of U.S. nuclear submarines ("the supposed exact number of nuclear warheads they routinely carry, and exactly how close they supposedly can get to a Russian submarine without being detected") with Pratt, and that Pratt then shared the information with up to 45 other people "including six journalists, 11 of his company's employees, 10 Australian officials, and three former Australian prime ministers", potentially endangering the U.S. nuclear fleet.<ref name="Faulders-2023" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/us/politics/trump-nuclear-submarine-classified-documents.html|title=Trump Said to Have Revealed Nuclear Submarine Secrets to Australian Businessman|first1=Alan|last1=Feuer|first2=Ben|last2=Protess|first3=Maggie|last3=Haberman|first4=Jonathan|last4=Swan|work=The New York Times|date=5 October 2023|access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> Brian Butler, a 20-year-employee of Mar-a-Lago, told federal investigators from Jack Smith's office about the conversation.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Polantz |first1=Katelyn |last2=Collins |first2=Kaitlan |last3=Herb |first3=Jeremy |date=2024-03-11 |title=Exclusive: 'Trump Employee 5,' who unknowingly helped move classified documents, speaks out {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/trump-employee-5-classified-documents-mar-a-lago/index.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
{{as of|2023}}, Pratt had made payments to Prince Charles and given regular consultancy payments to two former Australian prime ministers, Tony Abbott and Paul Keating.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/being-rich-is-my-superpower-tapes-reveal-pratt-s-pursuit-of-the-powerful-20231017-p5ecwv.html|title='Being rich is my superpower': Tapes reveal Pratt's pursuit of the powerful|first1=Richard|last1= Baker|first2= Nick|last2= McKenzie |first3= Hannah|last3= Bowers|date=22 October 2023|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref>
In 2024, Pratt donated US$15.1 million<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nesi |first=Chris |date=2024-12-22 |title=Aussie businessman Anthony Pratt donates $15M to Trump's super PAC |url=https://nypost.com/2024/12/22/us-news/aussie-businessman-anthony-pratt-donates-15m-to-trumps-super-pac/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |language=en-US}}</ref> in support of Trump, including US$14 million to the Make America Great Again, Inc, super PAC and a further US$1.1 million donation to Trump's inaugural fund.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-22 |title=WATCH: Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal in his first rally speech since the election |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-threatens-to-take-back-panama-canal-in-his-first-rally-speech-since-the-election |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=PBS News |language=en}}</ref> This placed Pratt in the top five donors to Trump's campaign - along with Elon Musk, Timothy Mellon, Miriam Adelson and Linda McMahon.
On April 30, 2025, Pratt attended the "Invest in America" summit hosted by President Trump at the White House.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Falconer |first=Rebecca |date=April 30, 2025 |title=Exclusive: Trump gets $5B investment pledge from packaging magnate |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/04/30/trump-manufacturing-5-billion-investment-pledge-pratt |work=Axios}}</ref> He had earlier announced a $5 billion investment pledge to create 5,000 new manufacturing jobs in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona. Pratt was among a select group of senior business leaders, including Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, IBM CEO, Arvind Krishna, and Chairman of Softbank, Masayoshi Son. Members of Trump's Cabinet were also present, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Trump recognized Pratt's investment during a White House press conference.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In April 2025 Honored to pledge to invest 5 Billion $ to create 5000 American Manufacturing Jobs in support of President Trumps industrialising America Foxtel Group Sky TV Fox Business Network Fox Ne {{!}} Colonel Anthony Pratt |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anthony-j-pratt_in-april-2025-honored-to-pledge-to-invest-activity-7323587556292333568-FXHr |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=www.linkedin.com |language=en}}</ref> Pratt Industries is the largest individually owned manufacturing company in America.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2025 |title=Australia's Richest 250 – The List 2025 (September) |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/australias-richest-250-canva-founders-up-36bn-atlassian-and-gina-rinehart-drop/news-story/3199ce6c81ec4a8e9b9d88bfa11da33b |website=The Australian}}</ref>
On November 15, 2025, President Trump attended the annual Pratt Industries customer party at Mar-a-Lago.
===Net worth=== Pratt first appeared on the ''Financial Review (AFR)'' Rich List in 2009 (then published as the BRW Rich 200), following the death of his father earlier that year. He debuted as the richest person in Australia with a net worth of {{AUD}}4.3 billion.<ref name="Zappone-2010"/> In subsequent years, his wealth increased; however, those with interests in the then rapidly growing Australian resources sector came to dominate the list.<ref>{{cite journal |title=BRW Rich 200: how technology is reshaping the list |url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/entrepreneurs/brw_rich_how_technology_is_reshaping_0e7yhkMTZfwyu5vnP8efPP |author1=Heathcote, Andrew |author2=Lindsay, Nicole |date=27 June 2014 |access-date=29 June 2014 |journal=BRW |type=Interactive chart |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628205123/http://www.brw.com.au/p/entrepreneurs/brw_rich_how_technology_is_reshaping_0e7yhkMTZfwyu5vnP8efPP |archive-date=28 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rinehart, Palmer and the Rich 200 |url=http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/BRW-rich-list-Rinehart-Pratt-Lowy-Forrest-Packer-pd20120522-UJ6PD?OpenDocument&src=sph |work=Business Spectator |author=Thomson, James |date=23 May 2012 |access-date=5 June 2012 }}</ref> Since 2009, the ''AFR'' Rich List and the ''Forbes'' list of Australia's 50 Richest People generally assessed Pratt's net worth on a similar basis, aggregated with his family. However, in 2015, ''Forbes'' reported the wealth of Pratt separate to the net worth of his two sisters, Fiona Geminder and Heloise Waislitz.<ref name="BRW-2015"/><ref name="Forbes Asia-2015"/><ref name="Forbes Asia-2015a"/>
In 2022, ''The Australian'' newspaper assessed his worth at A$27.7 billion. Several months earlier, in February 2021, Bloomberg News ranked him seventh in the list of the world's richest people to have made their fortunes from green industries. They valued his personal worth at US$12 billion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-green-billionaires/ |title=The Climate Billionaires |author1=Feng, Venus |author2=Mak, Pei Yi |author3=Pendleton, Devon |date=2 Feb 2021 |access-date=2 Feb 2021 |work=Bloomberg }}</ref> In the 2025 Rich List, the ''Financial Review'' assessed his net worth at A$25.84 billion, assessing his sisters' wealth independently.<ref name="Redrup-2025"/>
In 2016, the Australian Taxation Office revealed that despite more than {{AUD}}2.5 billion in revenue in 2013–14, Pratt Consolidated Holdings had not paid any taxes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-22/ato-30pc-of-large-private-companies-pay-no-tax/7266454|title=98 private companies earning over $200m pay no tax: ATO|work=ABC News |location=Australia|date=22 March 2016|access-date=4 April 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! rowspan=2 | Year ! colspan=2 width=40% | ''Financial Review''<br />Rich List ! colspan=2 width=40% | ''Forbes''<br />Australia's 50 Richest |- ! Rank ! Net worth {{AUD}} ! Rank ! Net worth {{USD}} |- | 2009<ref name="Zappone-2010"/> | align="center" | {{nts|1}} {{gain}} | align="right" | $4.30 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | | align="right" | |- | 2010<ref name="Zappone-2010">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/luxury/frank-lowy-tops-brw-rich-list-for-first-time-20100526-wd2n.html |title=Frank Lowy tops BRW rich list for first time |author=Zappone, Chris |date=26 May 2010 |access-date=27 July 2011 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/luxury/lowy-leaves-mining-magnates-in-the-dust-20100526-we91.html |title=Lowy leaves mining magnates in the dust |author1=Saulwick, Jacob |author2=Cummins, Caroline |date=27 May 2010 |access-date=27 July 2011 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/78/australia-rich-10_Australias-40-Richest_Networth.html |title=2010 Australia's 40 Richest |access-date=3 June 2012 |work=Forbes Asia |date=3 March 2010 }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nts|2}} {{decrease}} | align="right" | $4.60 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | | align="right" | |- |- | 2011<ref>{{cite news| last=Wood|first=Lachlan |url=http://www.afr.com/p/sections/features/passport_power_p6SfUCL5Q0W3mVVANbXzAM |title=Passport Power |work=BRW Rich 200 Wealth Index |location=Australia |date=25 May 2011 |access-date=24 November 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/78/australia-billionaires-11_land.html |title=2011 Australia's 40 Richest |access-date=8 February 2011 |work=Forbes Asia |date=2 February 2011 |archive-date=10 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210001634/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/78/australia-billionaires-11_land.html }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nts|4}} {{decrease}} | align="right" | $5.18 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | {{nts|7}} {{gain}} | align="right" | $2.70 billion {{gain}} |- | 2012<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/lists/rich/rich_it_tough_at_the_top_5NxGddTdCxahzaIWfxAkqJ |title=Rich 200: It's tough at the top |work=BRW |date=24 May 2012 |access-date=2 June 2012 |location=Sydney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004163246/http://brw.com.au/p/lists/rich/rich_it_tough_at_the_top_5NxGddTdCxahzaIWfxAkqJ |archive-date=4 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2012/78/australia-billionaires-12_rank.html |title=2012 Australia's 40 Richest |access-date=3 June 2012 |work=Forbes Asia |date=1 February 2012 }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nts|5}} {{decrease}} | align="right" | $5.45 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | {{nts|7}} {{steady}} | align="right" | $3.40 billion {{gain}} |- | 2013<ref name="BRW-2013">{{Cite journal|title=BRW Rich 200 2013 Wealth Index|journal=BRW|url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/lists/rich-200/2013/brw_rich_miners_feel_the_squeeze_RHHSpimYD3Z9Y3l51hpU9H|location=Sydney|date=23 May 2013|access-date=23 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608093827/http://www.brw.com.au/p/lists/rich-200/2013/brw_rich_miners_feel_the_squeeze_RHHSpimYD3Z9Y3l51hpU9H|archive-date=8 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/australia-billionaires/list/|title=2013 Australia's 50 Richest|access-date=23 May 2013|work=Forbes Asia|date=1 February 2013 }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nts|4}} {{gain}} | align="right" | $5.95 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | {{nts|7}} {{steady}} | align="right" | $4.50 billion {{gain}} |- | 2014<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.brw.com.au/lists/rich-200/2014/|title=2014 BRW Rich 200|journal=BRW|location=Sydney|date=26 June 2014|access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/australia-billionaires/list/|title=2014 Australia's 50 Richest|access-date=30 June 2014|work=Forbes Asia|date=January 2014 }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nts|2}} {{gain}} | align="right" | $7.64 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | {{nts|2}} {{gain}} | align="right" | $7.00 billion {{gain}} |- | 2015<ref name="BRW-2015">{{cite journal|url=http://www.brw.com.au/lists/rich-200/2015/|title=2015 BRW Rich 200: Anthony Pratt & family|journal=BRW|location=Sydney|date=May 2015 |access-date=11 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Forbes Asia-2015">{{cite journal |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/anthony-pratt/?list=australia-billionaires |title=Australia's 50 Richest People: No. 7 Anthony Pratt |journal=Forbes Asia |date=March 2015 |access-date=11 June 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Forbes Asia-2015a">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/australia-billionaires/list/#tab:overall |title=Australia's 50 Richest People: The list |work=Forbes Asia |date=March 2015 |access-date=11 June 2015 }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nts|2}} {{steady}} | align="right" | $10.76 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | {{nts|7}} {{decrease}} | align="right" | $3.50 billion {{decrease}} |- | 2016<ref name="ABC News-2016"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/australia-billionaires/list/#tab:overall|title=2016 Australia's 50 Richest|access-date=9 June 2016|work=Forbes Asia|date=January 2016 }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nts|2}} {{steady}} | align="right" | $10.35 billion {{decrease}} | align="center" | {{nts|5}} {{gain}} | align="right" | $4.20 billion {{gain}} |- | 2017<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.afr.com/leadership/afr-lists/rich-list/financial-review-rich-list-2017-20170525-gwcvr6 |editor=Stensholt, John |title=Financial Review Rich List 2017 |work=Financial Review |date=25 May 2017 |access-date=8 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2017/11/01/australias-richest-2017-mining-for-dollars/#4d3806661d24 |title=Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars |access-date=28 September 2019 |work=Forbes Asia|date=1 November 2017 }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nts|1}} {{gain}} | align="right" | $12.60 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | {{nts|3}} {{gain}} | align="right" | $5.30 billion {{gain}} |- | 2018<ref>{{cite news |editor=Stensholt, John |title=Pratt's $15b fortune set to top Rich List for third year |url=https://www.afr.com/leadership/afr-lists/top-500-private-companies/pratt-s-15b-fortune-set-to-top-rich-list-for-third-year-20190327-p517y6 |date=24 May 2018 |website=The Australian Financial Review |access-date=6 June 2018}}</ref> | align="center" | {{nts|1}} {{steady}} | align="right" | $12.90 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | {{nts|3}} {{steady}} | align="right" | |- | 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/australia-s-10-wealthiest-people-revealed-20190529-p51sj0|title=Australia's 200 richest people revealed|work=The Australian Financial Review|publisher=Nine Publishing|date=30 May 2019|last=Bailey|first=Michael|access-date=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/australia-billionaires/list/#tab:overall|title=2019 Australia's 50 Richest|access-date=28 September 2019|work=Forbes Asia|date=January 2019 }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nts|1}} {{steady}} | align="right" | $15.77 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | {{nts|3}} {{steady}} | align="right" | $6.80 billion {{gain}} |- | 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/the-10-richest-australians-revealed-20201028-p569c7|url-access=subscription|title=The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed|work=The Australian Financial Review|publisher=Nine Publishing|date=30 October 2020|author1=Bailey, Michael|author2=Sprague, Julie-anne|access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref> | align="center" | {{nowrap|{{nts|3}} {{decrease}}}} | align="right" | $19.75 billion {{gain}} | align="center" | | align="right" | |- | 2021<ref>{{cite news |author1=Bailey, Michael |author2=Sprague, Julie-anne |url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/australia-s-10-richest-people-revealed-20210526-p57vfr |title=The 200 richest people in Australia revealed |work=Australian Financial Review |date=27 May 2021 |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/anthony-pratt/ |title= Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Anthony Pratt |website=Bloomberg|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> | align="center" | {{nowrap|{{nts|4}} {{down}}}} | align="right" | $20.09 billion {{up}} | align="center" | | align="right" | $9.78 billion {{down}} |- | 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/anthony-pratt/?sh=395104ae6d1f |website=Forbes |title=Anthony Pratt }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nowrap|{{nts|4}} {{steady}}}} | align="right" | $24.30 billion {{up}} | align="center" | | align="right" | $12.00 billion {{up}} |- | 2023<ref>{{cite news |author1=Bailey, Michael |author2=Sprague, Julie-anne |url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/australia-s-10-richest-people-revealed-20230523-p5dapa |title=The 200 richest people in Australia revealed |work=Australian Financial Review |date=26 May 2023 |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref> | align="center" | {{nowrap|{{nts|3}} {{up}}}} | align="right" | $24.30 billion {{steady}} | align="center" | | align="right" | |- | 2024<ref>{{cite news |author1=Redrup, Yolanda |author2=Bailey, Michael |url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/australia-s-10-richest-people-revealed-20240521-p5jfe4 |title=Australia's wealthiest 200 now control $625b |work=Australian Financial Review |date=30 May 2024 |access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref>
| align="center" | {{nowrap|{{nts|4}} {{down}}}} | align="right" | $23.30 billion {{down}} | align="center" | | align="right" | |- | 2025<ref name="Redrup-2025">{{cite news |author1=Redrup, Yolanda |url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/australia-s-wealthiest-200-revealed-fortunes-blow-past-667b-20250509-p5lxxb |title=Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed, fortunes blow past $667b |work=Australian Financial Review |date=30 May 2025 |access-date=31 May 2025 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> | align="center" | {{nowrap|{{nts|3}} {{up}}}} | align="right" | $25.84 billion {{up}} | align="center" | | align="right" | |}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="2"|<small>Legend</small> |- !<small> Icon</small> !<small> Description</small> |- |{{steady}} |<small>Has not changed from the previous year</small> |- |{{profit}} |<small>Has increased from the previous year</small> |- |{{loss}} |<small>Has decreased from the previous year</small> |}
===Philanthropy and political funding=== thumb|292x292px|Anthony Pratt and Donald Trump with Scott Morrison on 22 September 2019, in Wapakoneta, Ohio In 2017 Pratt, pledged to give away A$1 billion to charity before he dies.<ref>{{cite news |first=Aaron|last=Langmaid|title=Anthony Pratt: 'I want to give away $1 billion' to help Australians|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/anthony-pratt-i-want-to-give-away-1-billion/news-story/9530eb6c2266f3fa8e8d5075464e5d6f|work=The Herald Sun|date=26 August 2017|url-access=subscription|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Australian Businessman Pledges $1 Billion to Charity|url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/australian-businessman-pledges-1-billion-to-charity|work=Philanthropy News Digest|date=29 August 2017|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref>
Pratt is one of the largest political donors in Australia, donating nearly A$4 million to both major political parties in 2021–2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lowrey |first1=Tom |title=Palmer and Pratt lead the way again as corporations play both sides: here's who's donating to political parties |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-01/palmer-and-pratt-and-corporations-donating-to-political-parties/103416510 |publisher=ABC Australia}}</ref>
A 2023 article in ''Fortune'' described Pratt's approach to donations as "inherited wealth, used to cultivate relationships", citing nearly US$200,000 spent on a Mar-a-Lago membership and noting Pratt "once spent $1 million to attend a $50,000-a-head event where Trump was present".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Confino |first=Paolo |date= |title=Who is Anthony Pratt, the billionaire accused of receiving nuclear secrets from Donald Trump? |url=https://fortune.com/2023/10/23/who-is-anthony-pratt-australian-billionaire-trump-nuclear-secrets/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024091029/https://fortune.com/2023/10/23/who-is-anthony-pratt-australian-billionaire-trump-nuclear-secrets/ |archive-date=2023-10-24 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Fortune}}</ref>
Pratt is head of the Pratt Foundation, which has donated hundreds of millions of dollars since it was established and continues to give approximately {{USD}}20 million per year, including to Planned Parenthood, The Urban League, St Jude's Hospital and many others.<ref>{{cite news |first=Damon|last=Kitney|title=Heloise Waislitz: the billionaire heiress who keeps on giving|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/queens-birthday-honours/heloise-waislitz-the-billionaire-heiress-who-keeps-on-giving/news-story/18b05408cab59a72be9177801fea71be|work=The Australian Business Review|publisher=News Corp Australia|date=8 June 2015|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> Pratt also serves on the board of trustees of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Appeal of Conscience Foundation Honors Corporate Global Leaders at Annual Awards Dinner at the Hilton|url=http://www.jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19191:appeal-of-conscience-foundation-honors-corporate-global-leaders-at-annual-awards-dinner-at-the-hilton&catid=121&Itemid=776|access-date=10 October 2017|publisher=Jewish Voice NY|date=27 September 2017}}</ref> Pratt is patron of the Trilateral Track II Food and Water Security Dialogue which he launched with former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres between India, Israel and Australia.<ref>{{cite news |first=Damon|last=Kitney|title=Pratt and Peres in food bid for India|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/pratt-and-peres-in-food-bid-for-india/news-story/c3bab70ac07a058e6384a519ff9e13a6|work=The Australian Business Review|publisher=News Corp Australia|date=8 November 2014|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Damon|last=Kitney|title=Pratt's vision of food exports-driven economy|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/global-food-forum/pratts-vision-of-food-exportsdriven-economy/news-story/1f7c2fafece910c7071198213cfcaaf1|work=The Australian Business Review|publisher=News Corp Australia|date=15 April 2015|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> Pratt is a patron of the Australia India Leadership Dialogue,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trademinister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2015/ar_mr_151025.aspx|title=CECA Talks and Leadership Dialogue Focus of Robb's Visit to India|work=Minister for Trade and Investment|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> and founding patron of The Prince's Charities Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aihitdata.com/company/0119407B/PRINCE-S-CHARITIES-AUSTRALIA/people|title=PRINCE'S CHARITIES AUSTRALIA people|work=AIHIT|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref>
Pratt sits on the National Board of the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, and is also active in charity organizations throughout Australia and the United States. In 1998, he arranged for Muhammad Ali to visit Australia for the Australian Football League grand final, as well as for a subsequent trip two years later.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/16/sports/sports-of-the-times-an-olympian-in-word-and-deed.html |work=The New York Times |date=16 September 2000 |title=Sports of The Times; An Olympian in Word and Deed |first=William C. |last=Rhoden |access-date=3 June 2012 }}</ref> More recently, on what would have been Ali's 80th birthday, Pratt donated US$2 million to the Ali Center to further promote Ali's legacy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Business owner donates $2 million to Muhammad Ali Center |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2022/01/18/business-owner-donates-2-million-to-ali-center.html |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=www.bizjournals.com |date=18 January 2022 }}</ref> Pratt is a member of the Climate Group, an international environmental group founded by former British prime minister Tony Blair. He has been honoured for his efforts by Mikhail Gorbachev's Global Green USA and Ted Turner's Captain Planet Foundation.
Pratt is a member of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.<ref name=USSC>{{cite web |url=http://ussc.edu.au/people/anthony-pratt |title=People: Anthony Pratt |work=The United States Studies Centre |access-date=3 June 2012 }}</ref>
In 2007, Pratt committed to former President Clinton's Global Initiative to invest more than {{USD}}1 billion over the ensuing decade in recycling infrastructure and clean energy.<ref name="USSC" /> He fulfilled his pledge five years early.<ref>{{citation|url=http://get.cgilink.org/v/c/269971|title=Commitment Search: Recycling is an Important Weapon against Climate Change, 2007}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 2017, Pratt hosted a food waste summit at his Melbourne home aimed at halving Australia's food waste by 2030.<ref>{{cite news |first=Rob|last=Harris|title=Billionaire Anthony Pratt leads push to halve world food waste|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/billionaire-anthony-pratt-leads-push-to-halve-world-food-waste/news-story/04caf72ca73be6ca2f0859bc84020b93|work=Herald Sun|date=11 April 2017|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref>
In November 2021, Pratt funded the establishment of The Australia Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies to further promote ties between the two countries.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=CSIS Announces New Australia Chair |url=https://www.csis.org/news/csis-announces-new-australia-chair |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=www.csis.org |date=December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
In December 2021, in the wake of the tornado that devastated parts of Kentucky, Pratt granted US$1 million to the state's storm relief fund and a further $1 million to the Tri-State Food Bank.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-17 |title=Gov. Beshear breaks ground on Henderson paper plant, road to recovery for western Kentucky |url=https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/gov-beshear-breaks-ground-on-henderson-paper-plant-road-to-recovery-for-western-kentucky/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW) |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2022, Pratt Industries donated US$1 million to Feeding America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PattIndustries recently made a donation of $1MM dollars that will provide more than 10 million meals to those struggling with hunger and expand food rescue efforts for food that would otherwise end up in a landfill. |url=https://twitter.com/feedingamerica/status/1580005335351394310 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
===Honours=== ;In the United States In 2009, Pratt was honored by the New York-based Foreign Policy Association with its Corporate Social Responsibility Award.<ref>{{cite news |first=Bill|last=Hewitt|title=World Leadership Forum 2009|url=http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/09/26/world-leadership-forum-2009/|work=Foreign Policy Association|date= 26 September 2009|access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=David Patrick|last=Columbia|title=Changes|url=http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/social-diary/2009/changes|work=New York Social Diary|date= 24 September 2009|access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented Pratt with a proclamation declaring 17 September 2013, Pratt Industries Day.<ref>{{cite news |first=Tracey|last=Porpora|title=Staten Island mill marks its 5 millionth ton of recycled paper|url=http://www.silive.com/news/2013/09/staten_island_papermill_produc.html|work=Staten Island Advance|date=18 September 2013|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Damon|last=Kitney|title=Paper giant Pratt plans US boost|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/profit-loss/paper-giant-pratt-plans-us-boost/news-story/308febe6a0d822acf82eb4b19ad5b74a|work=The Australian Business Review|date=23 September 2013|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref> In 2016, Pratt was awarded the RISI North American Packaging CEO of the Year Award.<ref name="Stensolt-2016" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Damon|last=Kitney|title=Billionaire Anthony Pratt's the full package after 25 years in US|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/billionaire-anthony-pratts-the-full-package-after-25-years-in-us/news-story/ae1b4e4beec197dcd7b1be9720a4e685|work=The Australian Business Review|publisher=News Corp Australia|date=2 April 2016|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> In 2020, Pratt was named "Executive Papermaker of the Year" by leading industry publication ''PaperAge'' for his strong leadership and corporate vision.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pratt Industries Anthony Pratt Named PaperAge's 33rd Executive Papermaker of the Year |url=http://www.paperage.com/2020news/01_23_2020anthony_pratt_exec_papermaker_of_the_year.html |website=Paperage.com |publisher=PaperAge |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> In July 2020, Pratt was named North American CEO of the Year by Fastmarkets RISI.<ref>{{Cite press release|last=Fastmarkets|title=Anthony Pratt Named North American CEO of the Year by Fastmarkets RISI|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/anthony-pratt-named-north-american-ceo-of-the-year-by-fastmarkets-risi-301093305.html|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref>
;In Australia In 2013, Pratt was awarded an honorary PhD by Monash University, for an "outstanding career of achievement and service to philanthropy, business and commerce".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/us-ambassador-for-pratt-advisory-board/story-e6frg8zx-1226737054043|title=US ambassador for Pratt advisory board|work=The Australian Business Review|date=11 October 2013|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> He is also a member of the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue, which seeks to strengthen and deepen the ties between Australian and American leaders.<ref>{{cite news |first=Damon|last=Kitney|title=Visy chief Anthony Pratt puts India in box seat for food security|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/global-food-forum/visy-chief-anthony-pratt-puts-india-in-box-seat-for-food-security/news-story/3ebd72f13ba391da04f1c00b583aa466|work=The Australian Business Review|publisher=News Corp Australia|date=11 August 2015|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Pratt, who is Jewish,<ref name="Kitney-2011" /> and his family, all of whom are US citizens,<ref name="Kruger-2024"/> used to live in both New York City and Melbourne.<ref name="Stensolt-2016">{{cite news |first=John|last=Stensolt |title=Anthony Pratt says new paper mill centrepiece of his 'billion dollar hamburger'|url=http://www.afr.com/business/manufacturing/anthony-pratt-says-new-paper-mill-centrepiece-of-his-billion-dollar-hamburger-20160330-gnum6w|work=Australian Financial Review|publisher=Fairfax Media Publications|date= 2 April 2016|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> However, in November 2024 Pratt announced that he will move permanently to the US, having received a green card,<ref>{{Cite news |date= |title=Aussie billionaire Anthony Pratt makes a permanent move to US |url=https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/aussie-billionaire-anthony-pratt-makes-a-permanent-move-to-us/ar-AA1tRs1u |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref> and given that the majority of his business interested are domiciled in the US.<ref name="Kruger-2024">{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/entrepreneurship/aussie-billionaire-anthony-pratt-makes-a-permanent-move-to-us-20241111-p5kppx.html |author=Kruger, Colin |title=Aussie billionaire Anthony Pratt makes a permanent move to US |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 October 2024 |access-date=1 June 2025 }}</ref>
Pratt inherited ''Raheen'', a heritage-listed mansion in the inner Melbourne suburb of Kew purchased by his father in the 1980s. In 2016, it was reported that he had initiated extensive renovations, with the property valued at A$100 million prior to their commencement.<ref>{{cite news |author=Pallisco, Marc |url=https://www.domain.com.au/news/visy-industries-boss-anthony-pratt-plans-large-renovation-to-raheen-in-kew-20161118-gssc9v/ |title=Visy Industries boss Anthony Pratt plans large renovation to Raheen in Kew |work=Domain, Sydney Morning Herald |date=19 November 2016 |access-date=25 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Power, Emily |url=https://www.domain.com.au/news/homes-worth-100-million-the-depth-of-wealth-in-melbourne-real-estate-20160930-grq288/ |title=Homes worth $100 million: the depth of wealth in Melbourne real estate |work=Domain, Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 October 2016 |access-date=25 February 2019 }}</ref>
In 2024 the Pratt family was embroiled in a legal stoush involving Pratt's half sister Paula who is demanding a greater share of the Pratt fortune.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Australian Financial Review|url=https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/leaders/family-trust-inside-the-pratts-legal-soap-opera-20240827-p5k5sh|title=Family trust: Inside the Pratts' legal soap opera|date=4 September 2024|first1=Max|last1= Mason |first2= Patrick|last2= Durkin|access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.prattindustries.com Pratt Industries] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042103/http://media.smh.com.au/anthony-pratts-eulogy-in-full-498514.html Eulogy delivered at the memorial service for his father, Richard Pratt (streaming video)]{{spaced ndash}}''Sydney Morning Herald'', 30 April 2009.
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