20-464: Kestelman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Larry Kestelman (born 1966), Australian billionaire Morris Kestelman (1905–1998), British artist and teacher Sara Kestelman (born 1944), English actress See also [ edit ] Kesselman [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Kestelman . If an internal link intending to refer to
40-624: A Japanese international school , is located in Caulfield South. Several Japanese families settled in the area around Caulfield due to the location of the JSM. There were nine temporarily-located Japanese families in Caulfield South in 1987, and the Japanese population increased after that point due to the school. The suburb is also home to the Fink Karp Ivany campus of Mount Scopus Memorial College ,
60-652: A 50-storey residential tower in South Yarra that would be reportedly be the tallest building in Melbourne outside of the central business district. He retained the penthouse of the development for his own use. In September 2001, Kestelman established internet service provider Dodo Services with his cousin Michael Slepoy and Russian-born Igor Gilenko. He took a 49 percent stake in the company, with Slepoy holding 28 percent and Gilenko 23 percent. The business grew rapidly with
80-617: A blood bank. He grew up in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs, attending Murrumbeena High School before going on to study accounting at Victoria College in Prahran . His first job was in accounts payable department of a tyre company. Kestelman became interested in basketball as a spectator in the 1990s. He began sponsoring the Melbourne Tigers NBL team in the early 2000s and acquired the team in 2012, immediately sacking head coach Trevor Gleeson . In 2014 he controversially announced that
100-415: A common wall. An increasing trend is the demolition of the original house to construct a large, two-storey modern house. There are also a growing number of higher density apartments and flats appearing, especially close to the tram lines. Native wildlife that inhabit the suburb include both ring tail and brush tail possums, magpies, crested pigeons, rainbow lorikeets and wattle birds. Based on findings from
120-405: A focus on simplifying customer billing, including providing fixed-price plans and unlimited downloads. However, in 2003 Kestelman and fellow Dodo director Mark Baranov were found to have knowingly engaged in "misleading, deceptive and unconscionable conduct", following an Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) investigation into misleading advertising. The company was not fined but
140-599: A short drive, with both Elsternwick and Glenhuntly stations accessible via the number 67 tram. One landmark of note is the Caulfield General Medical Centre, which began life as one of the local mansions, the Glen Eira . This was purchased in 1915 by the Australian Department of Defence and turned into No. 11 Army General Hospital where it served as a rehabilitation centre for returned servicemen from
160-471: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kestelman&oldid=1131966985 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Larry Kestelman Valarie "Larry" Kestelman (born 1966)
180-615: Is an Australian billionaire property developer and businessman. He co-founded internet service provider Dodo in 2001, which was bought out in 2013, and has interests in various other industries via his holding company LK Group. He is also known for his involvement in Australian basketball, including as the majority owner of the National Basketball League (NBL) since 2015. Kestelman was born in 1966 in Odesa , Ukraine . His father
200-581: The Financial Review 2017 Rich List with an estimated net worth of A$ 749 million. As of May 2023 , Kestelman's net worth was assessed at A$ 1.27 billion in the Financial Review Rich List. Caulfield South, Victoria Caulfield South is a suburb in Melbourne , Victoria, Australia , 10 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District , located within
220-465: The City of Glen Eira local government area . Caulfield South recorded a population of 12,328 at the 2021 census . Caulfield South is bounded by Glen Huntly Road to the north, Booran Road to the east, North Road to the south and Kooyong Road to the west. Although it has no railway station, it is serviced by tram routes 64 and 67 . Elsternwick , Glen Huntly and Caulfield railway stations are all within
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#1732881576151240-760: The Yarra River . There are up 70,000 people interred, including famous Australian artists, politicians and military heroes. Caulfield South has many parks and gardens, the most notable of which is Princes Park. The area was a council landfill up until the middle of the twentieth century, when it was transformed into public park lands. It has been improved further and now includes several ovals and playing fields, sports clubs, pavillons, open spaces, children's playgrounds and many paved walking tracks with dog walking welcome. The Rosstown Railway once ran through Caulfield South, and its traversal through several suburban blocks remains public land to this day, an easy identifier of where
260-464: The 2011 census and their own research, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation at Monash University estimates that the suburb has 5,005 Jewish residents, comprising 44.4% of the suburb's population. Results from the 2016 census indicated a Jewish population of 4,008, a percentage of 33.9. Caulfield South Primary School is located in Bundeera Road. The Japanese School of Melbourne (JSM),
280-595: The Great War who sustained permanent or severe injuries. It has since undergone many changes of purpose and management and currently caters primarily for rehabilitation and geriatric medicine. The Brighton Cemetery is also located in Caulfield South, and pre-dates the Caulfield Roads Board - the first official recognition of the suburb of Caulfield. Opened in 1855 it became, together with St Kilda Cemetery , an alternative resting place for those who had lived south of
300-567: The Review, Black Pepper and Yarra Trail brands. In 2021 it acquired footwear and fashion retailer Brand Collective , whose brands include Volley , Shoes & Sox, and Shoe Warehouse. In April 2023,Queens Lane Capital purchased bed and mattress company Snooze from Greenlit Brands . Kestelman debuted on the BRW Young Rich List in 2005 with Dodo co-founder Igor Gilenko, with a shared net worth estimated at A$ 87 million. He debuted on
320-556: The league's brand identity and digital platform. He subsequently increased his stake in the NBL to 94 percent. Kestelman began investing in property at a young age, starting with a block of land in Caulfield South . He moved from subdividing residential lots to building townhouses , later expanding to large apartment blocks in Footscray and Southbank . In 2015 he launched Capitol Grand,
340-460: The team would rebrand as Melbourne United . In 2015, Kestelman secured a majority 51 percent stake in the National Basketball League in exchange for a A$ 7 million equity stake. The league was in financial distress with a number of teams close to collapse. In his first year as league owner Kestelman negotiated a new television rights deal, the revival of the Brisbane Bullets , and a revamp of
360-421: The track once ran. The architecture of Caulfield South is predominately period-style detached 2 and 3 bedroom family homes with both front and rear gardens. Not all properties have off-street parking and rely on space available on the street. The architectural styles range from the early 1900s and onwards with common styles being Edwardian weather board to Californian Bungalow to Red Brick Clinker pairs which share
380-566: Was an electrical engineer and his mother was a gynaecologist. The family emigrated when he was 11 years old as part of a wave of Jewish immigrants leaving the Soviet Union, living for six months in Ostia , Italy, before securing Australian visas. Kestelman arrived in Australia at the age of 12, with his father finding work as a draftsman with Holden and his mother working as a laboratory assistant at
400-811: Was ordered to compensate customers and carry out a trade practices compliance programme. Dodo claimed revenues of $ A80 million by 2005 and received a takeover offer from Telstra which was rejected. Dodo was ultimately sold to M2 Group for $ A204 million in 2014. Kestelman's holding company is the LK Group. As of 2017 his interests outside of property included Philippines-based call centre provider Acquire BPO , recruitment agency First Avenue, investment firm Oxygen Ventures, digital content firm Newsmodo, human resources firm Wall Street, customer loyalty provider Infinite Rewards, and software companies eCal, eTaskr and Saisei. In 2020, LK Group's private equity arm Queens Lane Capital acquired womenswear retailer PAS Group, which owns
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