He was born in 1941 in Batroun, Lebanon. His family migrated when he was 15 to Adelaide, South Australia, where he trained as a hairdresser and learned to speak English at nightschool.[1]
Careeredit
The Stefan Racquet being removed from Milton Courts, circa 1999
He owns a chain of approximately 50 hairdressing salons throughout Queensland and New South Wales as well as the Brisbane restaurant Jo Jo's, a bar and restaurant originally opened above the Queen Street Mall in the 1970s and now on Melbourne Street, South Brisbane.[2][3] He also owns Stefan's Boating World in Coomera on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[4]
Stefan's Brisbane headquarters is located in South Brisbane, underneath the Skyneedle, a landmark which Stefan bought to prevent it being moved overseas after World Expo '88.[5] When the Milton Tennis Centre was demolished circa 1999, Stefan rescued the 7-metre (23 ft) tennis racquet icon (based on the Aldila brand) erected there (he had sponsored the Queensland Tennis Open competition at that site). In June 2014, it was re-erected over the Frew Park tennis facility, which replaced the Milton Tennis Centre.[6]
Awardsedit
The Stefan Racquet restored to Frew Park, circa 2014
Stefan lives in Brisbane. He has two sons, Mike and Steven Ackerie. In the 1980s, he had a highly publicised relationship with Australian journalist Liz Hayes. In 2009, he began a relationship with his long-time personal assistant, Rose King, who now manages Ackerie’s furniture store “the bach living”. During the management of Ackerie’s Jojo’s restaurant, King was said to be a “racist, discriminative and belittling boss” by former staff members. Staff have recalled incidents where some employees were “bullied, ridiculed and humiliated by her in front of customers and other workers”.[10]
Referencesedit
^ abLindsay, Cat. "The life story and photos of Stefan Ackerie". Retrieved 27 November 2016.
^. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^"Jo Jo's Restaurant and Bar". Must Do Brisbane. August 2017. from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^"About Us". Stefan's Boating World. from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^Atfield, Cameron (22 August 2015). "Skyneedle 'should never have left South Bank': Stefan". Brisbane Times. from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^Moore, Tony (20 June 2014). "Stefan's big racquet returns to new tennis park at Milton". Brisbane Times. from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^"National Australia Day Council – Australian of the Year Award". from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
^. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
^"New Love for Stefan Ackerie". The Courier Mail. 9 May 2009. from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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stefan, ackerie, born, 1941, usually, known, mononym, stefan, businessman, owns, chain, hairdressing, salons, brisbane, australia, skyneedle, over, stefan, headquarters, june, 2019, contents, early, life, career, awards, personal, life, references, external, l. Stefan Ackerie born 1941 usually known by the mononym Stefan is a businessman who owns a chain of hairdressing salons in Brisbane Australia The Skyneedle over Stefan s headquarters June 2019 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Awards 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editHe was born in 1941 in Batroun Lebanon His family migrated when he was 15 to Adelaide South Australia where he trained as a hairdresser and learned to speak English at nightschool 1 Career edit nbsp The Stefan Racquet being removed from Milton Courts circa 1999 He owns a chain of approximately 50 hairdressing salons throughout Queensland and New South Wales as well as the Brisbane restaurant Jo Jo s a bar and restaurant originally opened above the Queen Street Mall in the 1970s and now on Melbourne Street South Brisbane 2 3 He also owns Stefan s Boating World in Coomera on the Gold Coast Queensland 4 Stefan s Brisbane headquarters is located in South Brisbane underneath the Skyneedle a landmark which Stefan bought to prevent it being moved overseas after World Expo 88 5 When the Milton Tennis Centre was demolished circa 1999 Stefan rescued the 7 metre 23 ft tennis racquet icon based on the Aldila brand erected there he had sponsored the Queensland Tennis Open competition at that site In June 2014 it was re erected over the Frew Park tennis facility which replaced the Milton Tennis Centre 6 Awards edit nbsp The Stefan Racquet restored to Frew Park circa 2014 In 2013 Stefan was presented a Queensland Greats Award from the Queensland Government 7 Stefan was a finalist in the 2004 Australian of the Year awards 8 He is also a keen power boat racer and holds the records for the fastest crossing of Bass Strait 9 and the fastest crossing of the Straits of Malacca 1 Personal life editStefan lives in Brisbane He has two sons Mike and Steven Ackerie In the 1980s he had a highly publicised relationship with Australian journalist Liz Hayes In 2009 he began a relationship with his long time personal assistant Rose King who now manages Ackerie s furniture store the bach living During the management of Ackerie s Jojo s restaurant King was said to be a racist discriminative and belittling boss by former staff members Staff have recalled incidents where some employees were bullied ridiculed and humiliated by her in front of customers and other workers 10 References edit a b Lindsay Cat The life story and photos of Stefan Ackerie Retrieved 27 November 2016 South Bank Corporation Board Archived from the original on 5 May 2007 Retrieved 20 October 2018 Jo Jo s Restaurant and Bar Must Do Brisbane August 2017 Archived from the original on 10 October 2019 Retrieved 11 October 2019 About Us Stefan s Boating World Archived from the original on 10 March 2019 Retrieved 11 October 2019 Atfield Cameron 22 August 2015 Skyneedle should never have left South Bank Stefan Brisbane Times Archived from the original on 10 October 2019 Retrieved 11 October 2019 Moore Tony 20 June 2014 Stefan s big racquet returns to new tennis park at Milton Brisbane Times Archived from the original on 10 October 2019 Retrieved 11 October 2019 2013 Queensland Greats recipients Queensland Government Archived from the original on 31 May 2017 Retrieved 31 May 2017 National Australia Day Council Australian of the Year Award Archived from the original on 10 October 2006 Retrieved 12 November 2006 Stefan History Archived from the original on 29 August 2007 Retrieved 12 November 2006 New Love for Stefan Ackerie The Courier Mail 9 May 2009 Archived from the original on 1 November 2016 Retrieved 27 November 2016 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stefan Ackerie Stefan website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stefan Ackerie amp oldid 1195265490, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
