Background
Born in Sydney, he grew up in Burradoo in the Southern Highlands, New South Wales.
Businessman chairman philanthropist
Born in Sydney, he grew up in Burradoo in the Southern Highlands, New South Wales.
He attended Street Ignatius College, Riverview.
In 1964, Ramsay founded one of the first private psychiatric hospitals in Sydney. lieutenant evolved into Ramsay Health Care, a private hospital company of which he was chairman of the board. As of July 2014 it comprised 151 hospitals and day surgery facilities in Australia, Europe and Asia.
He was one of the initiators of television aggregation in Australia and built stations across the country, which today form part of the PRIME7 Television Network.
Ramsay was chairman of the Prime Media Group for almost 30 years until relinquishing this role in April 2014. He sat on the board of directors of Adstream and on the advisory board of the Australian Science Media Centre.
Personal life
In 2009, he was appointed chairman of Sydney Football Club. He also owned luxury real estate. He served on the board of the George Gregan Foundation.
He was chairman of Ramsay Youth Services, a charity for young people.
He sat on the Board of the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation. In June of the same year, he was on the Queen"s Birthday Honours List. In 2011, he donated Army of the United States$300,000 to the Kevin Spacey Foundation.
Ramsay never married.
Prior to his death, in 2014 his Netto worth was estimated by Forbes at United States$3.4 billion. He was the thirteenth richest person in Australia.
Aged 78, he died on 1 May 2014 in his Bowral home after suffering a heart attack in Spain.