{{Short description|Western Australian businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Kailis | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AM|CBE}} | image = <!-- filename only, i.e. without "File:" (or "Image:") prefix or enclosing brackets --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Michael George Kailis | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|02|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|06|25|1929|02|14|df=yes}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | boards = | criminal_charge = <!-- Criminality parameters should be supported with citations from reliable sources --> | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = Patricia Kailis | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''Michael George Kailis''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM|CBE}} (14 February 1929 – 25 June 1999) was a Western Australian businessman who founded the MG Kailis Group of companies, whose head office is in Fremantle, Western Australia.

In 1960 he and his wife Patricia Kailis started a small rock lobster operation in Dongara, later expanding their interests into prawning, shipbuilding, aquaculture and the Kailis Jewellery line, built on pearls.<ref name=" MG Kailis ">{{cite web |url=http://www.kailis.com.au/about/about.htm |title=MG Kailis Group |work=About Us |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091026063132/http://www.kailis.com.au/about/about.htm |archive-date= 2009-10-26 }}</ref>

Kailis's parents emigrated to Australia from the Greek island of Kastelorizo.<ref name="west-obit">{{cite news | title=From Deckie To Tycoon |work=The West Australian |date=26 June 1999 | last=Boylen |first=George}}</ref> His cousin, Peter, founded the Red Rooster fast food chain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/hawaiian-pack-inventor-peter-kailis-still-enjoys-a-red-rooster-favourite-ng-b88738741z |title=Hawaiian pack inventor Peter Kailis still enjoys a Red Rooster favourite |last=Rasdien |first=Peta |date=9 February 2018 |website=PerthNow |publisher=Seven West Media |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Chinese-group-buys-Kailis-Bros |title=Chinese group buys Kailis Bros |last=Beyer |first=Mark |date=31 March 2016 |website=Business News |publisher= |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref>

==General references== *{{cite book |title=The Captain's Grandson: the World of Michael Kailis |first1=Dorothy E. |last1=Hansen |first2=Ian V. |last2=Hansen |year=1999 |location=Fremantle |publisher=Fremantle Arts Centre Press |isbn=0-646-37257-2 |oclc=43664711 |ol=OL4022912M |lccn=2001409154 }}

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