Career
He was the only child born to Roy Grundy and Lillian Lees. Before his career in television, he served in the Australian Army during World World War II as a Sergeant stationed in Sydney. Grundy started as a boxing and general sports commentator for radio station 2SM Sydney in 1947.
While at 2CH Sydney in 1957, he devised and hosted the Wheel of Fortune game show on radio, moving with that show to television, starting on Channel 9 in 1959.
He then founded the Regional Grundy Organisation in 1960. After forming his own production company he began producing game shows for the Australian and overseas market, before eventually branching out into drama in 1973.
In 1977, he co-produced Agnetha/ Björn/ Benny/ Anni-Frid: The Movie. He subsequently started the United States-based company Regional Grundy s, which produced famed 1980s National Broadcasting Company daytime game shows $ale of the Century and Scrabble, as well as Time Machine, Bruce Forsyth"s Hot Streak, and Scattergories.
In 1995, he sold the Grundy Organisation to the media and publishing company, Pearson Public Limited Company, now FremantleMedia.
They currently live in Bermuda. In July 2004, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Queensland. Colloquially, in Australia, "Regional Grundies", or "Grundies" is rhyming slang for "undies" (underpants).
He was the owner of a yacht named Boadicea ().
This was sold in 2009 ()
Grundy owns 29% of Photon, an Australian-based advertising, marketing and e-commerce group.
