Early Life
After his Russian nobility related grandparents fled Russia post the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, he was born in the Chinese city of Harbin. After Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party took over power, his refugee parents left for Australia.
Raised by his secretary mother in Sydney, he was educated at the local Christian Brothers school. He then graduated from the University of Sydney having studied physics and engineering, residing at St John's College. He also holds an MSc in Acoustics from the University of New South Wales, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a Doctor of Business and an Honoris Causa from the University of New South Wales.
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