Career
Perron left school at the age of fourteen to sell hand-carved handkerchief boxes. He did not attend high school. He started his business career by running a fleet of taxis in Perth in 1944.
He then built ice-skating rinks.
In 1959, he invested £500 in the Pilbara with Language Hancock and Peter Wright, entitling him to 15 per cent of any future royalties. He later received millions from iron ore and tantalite found in Brockman 2 mine close to Tom Price, Western Australia by the Rio Tinto Group.
In 2012, Gina Rinehart was forced to give him tens of millions of Australian dollars as a result of a trial at the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He bought a Toyota franchise with David Golding.
He later invested in real estate along the Great Eastern Highway.
He owns half of the Central Park skyscraper in Perth and eight shopping centres in Australia. In May 2012, he purchased fifty per cent stakes in Perth"s Centro Galleria, Centro The Glen in Melbourne and Centro Colonnades in Adelaide from the Centro Properties Group. His Perron Group is headquartered in East Perth, Western Australia.
He also owns SP Investments.
