Early Life and Education
Born in England, he emigrated to Australia (on the same boat as the members of the Bee Gees, he claims) at the age of 9, in 1958. Symons was a student at Emerald Primary School, then Monbulk High School and Upwey High School in Victoria. Symons studied pure mathematics and computer science at the University of Melbourne, during which time he resided at Queen's College and earned a Bachelor of Science degree.
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