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David Leckie was born on 14 February, 1951 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian media executive (1951–2021). Discover David Leckie's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Occupation Media executive
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 14 February 1951
Birthday 14 February
Birthplace Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death 20 July, 2021
Died Place Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia

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Who Is David Leckie's Wife?

His wife is Barbara Spence (m. 1978) Skye McLeod (m. 1995)

Family
Parents Ron and Joyce Leckie
Wife Barbara Spence (m. 1978) Skye McLeod (m. 1995)
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Children 3

David Leckie Net Worth

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1951

David John Leckie (4 May 195120 July 2021) was an Australian media manager, best known as a network television executive.

Leckie was born in Sydney on 4 May 1951.

His father, Ron, was head of the transport division at Unilever; his mother was Joyce.

He was their first child, and he had two brothers, Stuart and Ian.

1962

Leckie was raised on the North Shore, and attended Newington College from 1962 to 1968.

He then studied at Macquarie University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in economic and financial studies.

Afterwards he travelled around Europe, where he also worked for Saatchi & Saatchi in London.

1977

Leckie joined in 1977 the Melbourne branch of Nine, GTV9, where he was network sales manager.

From there he rose to network sales director of TCN9 in Sydney, chief executive on TCN9 and thereafter GTV9 in Melbourne.

1978

Leckie's first wife was Barbara Spence (1978-1995).

They had a son named Tim.

1988

The network then attracted about one-third of Australia's TV audience and roughly 40% of network advertising revenue, which was 400 million dollars in 1988-89.

Leckie focused on news and sports and under his leadership the network spent all but six weeks atop the television ratings for the next decade.

1990

Leckie was he the chief executive officer of the Network Nine between 1990 and 2001 and Seven West Media from 2003 to 2012.

Afterwards he was for four years an executive director at Seven Group Holdings, which holds investments in Seven West, earthmoving company WesTrac and the Agricultural Bank of China.

In August 1990 he became successor of Sam Chisholm as managing director of the Nine Network, which was then owned by Alan Bond.

1992

After Bond's bankruptcy in 1992 the network returned under the ownership of Kerry Packer.

1995

Leckie married his second wife, Skye, in 1995.

They met while she was public relations chief at David Jones Limited, and they remained married until his death.

Together, they had two children, Harry and Ben.

2001

Nine's dominance over its rivals began to diminish in 2001, when the new ratings system OzTAM, the implementation of which he was instrumental, was established.

In January 2001 he was appointed for a four-year period as a trustee of the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust.

2002

Early in January 2002 he was dismissed.

He was succeeded by John Alexander and Ian Johnson, who took Nine back to the lead inside six months.

2003

Leckie joined the Seven Network in April 2003 at the invitation of Kerry Stokes.

He was joined by former Nine program director John Stephens and former Nine head-of-news Peter Meakin.

2004

Although it struggled during his first several months at the helm – culminating with a 13-year low in audience share in 2004 – the network's fortunes rebounded after it agreed an output deal with the Walt Disney Company.

2005

This enabled Seven to broadcast popular American shows in 2005, such as Desperate Housewives and Lost.

A key part of Leckie's success was differentiating the network from Nine, appealing instead to a more casual, suburban audience.

2008

Leckie cut his finger in a garage door in 2008.

This injury led to sepsis, resulting in his being placed in an induced coma at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.

His health did not completely recover from that infection, and he later scaled back on his engagements in order to recuperate.

Leckie died on the morning of 20 July 2021 in Robertson, New South Wales.

He was 70 and had suffered from a lengthy illness prior to his death.

After his death, Leckie was posthumously appointed Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to the broadcast media through executive roles".

2012

He resigned as CEO of Seven West Media in 2012, but continued advising the company for four years.

2020

He was brought out of retirement in March 2020 to serve as an executive mentor, including to his protege James Warburton.