Birth Date: | 1930 6, df=y |
Birth Place: | Kew, Victoria, Australia |
Death Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
Nationality: | Australian |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Family: | Mark Rowsthorn (son)Peter Rowsthorn Jr. (son) |
Peter Rowsthorn (12 June 1930 – 12 December 2021) was an Australian businessman.[1]
Rowsthorn was born in Kew, Victoria on 12 June 1930.[2] He was the chairman of Toll Holdings, Australia's largest transport company, having bought the company with Paul Little in 1986.[3] [4] He was later the owner of Wadham Park and Woodside, a horse training facility and a stud farm respectively.[5] Rowsthorn died in Melbourne on 12 December 2021, at the age of 91.[6]