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Kim Williams (Kimberley Lynton Williams) was born on 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, is an Australian media executive and composer (born 1952). Discover Kim Williams'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 72 years old?
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Kimberley Lynton Williams |
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Media executive Composer |
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72 years old |
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1952 |
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Sydney, New South Wales |
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Australia
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Kim Williams Height, Weight & Measurements
At 72 years old, Kim Williams height not available right now. We will update Kim Williams's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Kim Williams's Wife?
His wife is Kathy Lette (m. 1983-1989)
Catherine Dovey (m. 1998)
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Wife |
Kathy Lette (m. 1983-1989)
Catherine Dovey (m. 1998) |
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Kim Williams Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Kim Williams worth at the age of 72 years old? Kim Williams’s income source is mostly from being a successful executive. He is from Australia. We have estimated Kim Williams's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
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Under Review |
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executive |
Kim Williams Social Network
Timeline
Williams was born in Sydney to Joan and David Williams (1925–2009).
His father was managing director of the Greater Union Organisation and recipient of the Australian Film Institute's Raymond Longford Award.
Candice, his sister, is married to the cellist Nathan Waks.
He attended schools in West Ryde (Marsden High School where Richard Gill was his music teacher) and Ermington.
During his youth he was an Australian Lego champion.
He studied the clarinet, and had tuition from Donald Westlake at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
He won a Commonwealth scholarship to the University of Sydney, choosing to study music.
Kimberley Lynton "Kim" Williams (born 1952 ) is an Australian media executive and composer.
He has headed a wide range of prominent organisations such as Musica Viva Australia, Foxtel, the Australian Film Commission, the Sydney Opera House Trust and News Limited.
In 2024 he was appointed to be the next chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
He was invited by Donald Peart, inaugural Professor of Music at the University of Sydney, to be the concert organiser of the International Society for Contemporary Music.
He composed music from an early age and into his 30s and his compositions include:
Williams was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, defending himself in court.
His impending imprisonment was averted when the incoming Whitlam Labor government abolished national service in late 1972.
After graduation, Williams had a series of management roles in music: in opera; at the Sydney Conservatorium under Rex Hobcroft; as a member of the inaugural Australia Council Music Board (1973); and general manager of Music Rostrum Australia, whose artistic director was Roger Woodward.
From 1975 to 1977, he studied composition in Italy with Luciano Berio and was assistant to Berio's former wife, the American soprano Cathy Berberian, with whom he had a brief love affair.
He also had significant involvement with the Israel Chamber Orchestra.
On return to Australia he became general manager (1977–84) and later board member and chairman (1984–2004) of Musica Viva Australia.
Williams was then CEO of the Australian Film Commission.
He ran the TV production house Southern Star Group and became a senior executive at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
In 1988, he was appointed foundation chairman of Film Finance Corporation Australia.
In 1995, shortly after the last-minute failure of a deal for the ABC to provide two news channels to Rupert Murdoch's Foxtel, which Williams had spearheaded on behalf of the ABC, he left the ABC to accept Murdoch's invitation to head Fox Studios.
In December 2001 he became chief executive of Foxtel.
Williams was chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust from 2005, on the invitation of the then Premier of New South Wales Bob Carr, until stepping down in 2013.
In 2006 he was canvassed as a potential successor to Russell Balding, after Balding resigned as managing director of the ABC.
He remained until 2011 and was praised for reversing Foxtel's fortunes from a chronic loss-maker to high-profitability.
In December 2011, Williams was appointed CEO of News Limited.
In 2011, he established the David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship in honour of his parents.
He resigned in August 2013 amid reports that his management style had alienated many staff members and executives, including members of the Murdoch family.
In November 2013, he was invited by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research to become one of the first Australians to have his personal genome sequenced.
In February 2014 he was appointed a commissioner of the Australian Football League (AFL).
The same year he published Rules of Engagement, an account of his time in Australia's leading boardrooms and organisations.
Williams was appointed an independent board member of the Copyright Agency Limited in January 2015 and was its chair from June 2015 to 2021.
In 2016, Williams was appointed chairman of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Board.
In March 2024, he is due to succeed Ita Buttrose as chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
He was a participant in the Australia 2020 Summit, as a member of the Towards a Creative Australia working group.