She and Andrew married soon afterwards (friends recall him saying he wished he'd done it earlier), and Bassett fought the illness for three years. "Not with four children, no. Back in his playing days - 106 games for North Melbourne and Hawthorn - fitness came naturally. In 2005 he was instrumental in securing a record breaking A$780 million TV rights deal. We've never underestimated them. Demetriou played 103 games for the North Melbourne Football Club between 1981 and 1987, finishing his playing career with a three-game stint for Hawthorn in 1988. We don't want to give them everything, but we want to give them opportunities. I invest heavily in my family, and in friends and colleagues. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. He understands the power and responsibility of running the "people's game". "There is tremendous power vested in Andrew's position," says Brendon Gale, former head of the AFL Players Association (AFLPA) and CEO of Richmond Football Club. He's not intimidated by power, perhaps because he enjoys it too much, perhaps he knows the truth about bullies. The day of our interview, he leaves work early to go to his four-year-old daughter's birthday party "at one of those Japanese restaurants where they throw things in the air". Country: Australia. Director, Commercial. "Can you imagine?". The Kim Williams appointment to the commission would seem good for McLachlan who does not yet boast its unanimous support. [7], Demetriou has been highly influential in the AFL Commission's desire for a team to be based on the Gold Coast. ", Admits O'Neill, "We all have to play to our own competitive advantages, but I envy the AFL their deep pockets. The game is certainly more dominant and far wealthier than when he took over and, according to his chairman, he has given the game a conscience. But are they role models? I just never envisaged that I could meet anybody else. Discover Andrew Demetriou's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Have views on everything. In 2002 he married his current wife Symone, and they have three daughters and a son. "Clearly, we've had great opportunities because of what our parents did for us," says Demetriou. "I went to uni, did arts and a dip ed, majored in legal studies and politics, and got a job teaching year 12 politics. 1998 Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. But there's something about his knees, as if he were once pigeon-toed, or injured in some way, that makes him kick out his feet as he walks. Andrew Demetriou (born 14 April 1961) is an Australian businessman, sports administrator, and former Australian rules football player who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Australian Football League (AFL) up to June 2014. They have three daughters and a son. "When I played football," recalls James, "it was brutal, really brutal. "Definitely. Thirty-one years!" "I don't make any decisions without everything having been thought through, chewed up, sliced, diced, looked at inside out, been criticised," he says. Eventually, the Australian arm bought out its Italian parent. The idea of expansion is also in the DNA of the AFL. "Andrew needs to set high goals for himself," wrote his grade 4 teacher, "because he can achieve them. Demetriou announced on 3 March 2014 that he would step down from the role as AFL CEO after eleven years, at the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season. He always puts the family first. Even if it's 10 o'clock at night he'll still be responding to emails or taking calls. He respected me as somebody in an organisation. ', and she said, 'Well, he's very good. Demetriou was made CEO of the AFL in 2003, replacing Wayne Jackson. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Join 1.7 Million Subscribers We've got a factory in Brazil, one in India now. He lacks fanaticism. "He likes to present himself as not ambitious. ", "Andrew Demetriou," wrote Bassett, "has taught me much about life.". He is currently single. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. That's not to say he's not respected. Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone Demetriou arrive for the 2006 AFL Brownlow Medal Dinner at Crown Casino September 25, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. His parents, whose fathers were both dead, had left Cyprus in 1951 and didn't return until 1983, until after their sons had completed their university studies. It had got a lot easier by the time Andrew went through - his cohort was that big '60s influx of migrants - but I know he copped it on the footy field. The entire Demetriou family lived in the two-bedroom flat attached to the shop. "The answer is, 'I don't know', because the things I've done are all very, very different - garbage, false teeth, football, so I think anything's possible. Or, as he would put it, giving people options. In his role as head of the AFL Commission, he was responsible for a number of changes, including the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams, the restructuring of the tribunal system, and the brokering of two new television rights deals. It hurts people. ", Finally - and perhaps most importantly - he believes (or persuades others he believes) that no deal is worth dying for. I wanted to see what his reaction would be. "Not many people get away with calling Andrew, Andy. [15], Demetriou announced on 3 March 2014 that he would step down from the role as AFL CEO after eleven years, at the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season. To do what? When I bring up this dedication, Demetriou smiles - a big smile, perhaps the first of the interview. And it was possibly a greater asset to him than his kicking, which could be a bit hit and miss. I always appreciate the great obligation we've got to the game. Demetriou is uniquely fitted for the expansionist task by two great strengths: his belief in the game's ability to promote causes like multiculturalism and egalitarianism, and his expertise in harnessing exactly these causes to make a great deal of money. ANDREW Demetriou leaves the AFL wounded by events in recent years, but they will not define him. "But you have to say it's very hard for any detractors to mount a really substantive case given the progress that's been made on his watch You'd have to say that at this stage the AFL is in better shape than any other football code in the country. "I did have those conversations. Jennifer husband is now married to news anchor Amy Robach and is co-parenting Robach two daughter together. I've said to my staff and to myself that everyone's got to modify their lifestyle. he grew up with a brother named Jim who also pursued a football career. "Andrew plays the great game at all times," his friend Red Symons once said. "We grew up in an area where you just laughed at those things," he says. Andrew Demetriou knows about people yelling abuse at the footy. They now have four children, Alexandra, Francesca, Mattea and Sacha and they were at the media conference with Symone as well as other family members. But should his long-serving deputy, who knocked back the NRL job in early 2013, fail to succeed him then McLachlan too would leave. If I hadn't had footy this year, it would have been a lot worse. She has $200 thousand as her net worth from her career as professional florist. He has the air, sometimes seen in confident people, of not needing to charm you. In 2009, Demetriou earned $1.8 million for his role at the AFL. I don't think there's anything wrong with giving people options.". But we are where we are based on this unbelievable industry, and the fact is we've got 10 teams in Melbourne that 10 years ago had 200,000 members and now have 400,000. And probably dish them out. [citation needed], In 2008, Demetriou earned an annual salary of $1.4 million, making him the highest paid administrator or player then employed by the AFL. "He's comfortable in any environment," says author and commentator Don Watson, who's known him since 1995. We spent a hell of a lot of time travelling in the last two or three years, we did some really wonderful things together, and in some ways, she changed quite a bit as a person in that time, too. I always put the players first: Andrew Demetriou. This is no doubt true - but not the whole truth. It never affected me.". "If I were to believe you guys," he told the audience of journalists, "I'm a hot-tempered, loud, heavy-gambling Cypriot, prone to fly off the handle without warning. Demetriou is not one of them. If you'd said I was going to be working in football 20 years later, I'd have thought you were mad.". ""Our game takes 17-year-olds from completely different backgrounds. [4], In 2009, Demetriou earned $1.8 million for his role at the AFL. "But had he been misunderstood? He had moved from the AFLPA to the AFL Commission in 2000 as general manager of football operations. In 2002 he married his current wife Symone, and they have three daughters and a son.[22]. Andrew Demetriou. Demetriou became emotional when he talked about those loved ones and colleagues he had lost during his time in the game's administration - his first wife Jan Bassett, mother Chrysi, former AFL . He's convinced them that a truly national competition will benefit everyone in the long term, by bringing in more fans, giving sponsors a bigger platform, and making media rights more desirable and profitable. Feb 18, 2021 - 10.20pm. He had a brief move to Hawthorn in 1988, but played only three games and kicked one goal. . Demetriou appears to have a knack of finding common ground. Andrew Demetriou is the CEO of the AFL Commission (which runs the AFL competition) and, like Lindsay Lohan, he's a consistent performer. Demetriou insists that the policy, which forces two-time offenders into rehabilitation before any suspension, is working. Even Demetrious fellow commissioners enjoyed his press conferences - despite the odd misstep - as much as anything and they would not have been disappointed by his first farewell performance on Monday morning at AFL headquarters. "Both he and Jan loved travelling; I can remember him sitting in cafes in Europe, devouring the newspapers front to back, just as he does here.". The game will need all the money it can get. That's the reality of the world we're living in. The pairing - cheeky young footy player, independent older woman - seemed unlikely, but their friends remember them as a wonderful couple. "It was relatively innocuous, but at the same time I thought, 'This is very unlike Andrew.' About colours. Andrew J. Demetriou | Corporate Attorney | Los Angeles | Husch Blackwell Andrew J. Demetriou Senior Counsel Los Angeles phone: 213.356.2949 fax: 213.337.6551 email: andrew.demetriou@huschblackwell.com Overview Experience Thought Leadership Outside the Office Community Leadership Download Bio Download vCard Overview "I took a decision very early on that I wanted to see them grow and help my wife," he says. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. Demetriou remains a shareholder and board member. He keeps his cards so close to his chest, I guess I should have known that the briefest glimpse of him showing an interest in a woman meant that he would marry her and have children with her.". Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. 2023 Getty Images. USER IS NOT PERMITTED TO DOWNLOAD OR USE IMAGE WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL. Andrew Demetriou: his birthday, what he did before fame, his family life, fun trivia facts, popularity rankings, and more. But then, you know, by just a miracle in many ways, I met my current wife, and it really was like the darkness lifted.". "Adrian Anderson, the defamation lawyer whose left-field appointment by Demetriou as football operations manager mimicked Demetriou's own path, witnessed the stand-off close up. I didn't take things as seriously.". he says. He seems relaxed but self-possessed, friendly but not confiding. Were working to restore it. Andrew Demetriou was born on 14 April, 1961 in Australian, is an Australian rules footballer, born 1961. As head of the AFL Players' Association, the footballers' union, Demetriou had played hard ball on the way to achieving his coup de grace - the first collective agreement (involving him) for the competition's 600-plus professional players, which gave them a massive pay rise, justly recognising them as the real stars of the show. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25: AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone Demetriou arrive for the 2006 AFL Brownlow Medal Dinner at Crown Casino September 25, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. This is in itself quite charming. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images "Sometimes in the exercise of that power, feathers get ruffled. Andrew Demetriou and family pose with La Trobe deputy chancellor Dr Philip Moors AO (left) and vice-chancellor Professor John Dewar (right). "He has all the qualities of a good politician," says Don Watson, who, as Prime Minister Paul Keating's speech writer, should know. (Kardashian is the star of US reality TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians.) Some ex-footballers move with the grace of movie stars. People credit Bassett and her circle with helping form Demetriou culturally: there's a famous story, told by several people, of a memorable day when he astounded everyone by leaving an AFL game early to attend an Andrea Bocelli concert. In terms of game attendance, AFL is the most popular sport in Australia. Demetriou was 38. That deal is up for renegotiation, and he's expected by many to winkle more than $1 billion out of broadcasters this time around. He should not be content with just doing better than the other children.". Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? When the AFL season begins on Thursday, it will include a new team, the Gold Coast Suns, and in 2012, the Suns will be joined by the Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS); then, for the first time in its 115-year history, the VFL/AFL will have 18 teams in its top competition. "His father, nearly 80, still lives in Coburg but these days spends the winters back in Cyprus. "Every dollar that goes to the GWS, that's a dollar less to the existing clubs or players.". Andrew . And, he adds, "You've got to be fair. "Our numbers are very impressive in western Sydney," he says, when he says anything at all. Likewise, his partner, Emma, wore a white strapless mermaid wedding gown. He has an older brother Jim Demetriou who played senior football for Essendon in the mid-1970s. Demetriou now has four children - twin girls born two days after he took on the CEO role, the Monday after the 2003 grand final, another daughter born in 2007, and a little boy born in 2009. Acquire Learning entered voluntary administration in May 2017, shortly after Demetriou left the company. The new general manager of football operations was stunned, to say the least. Andrew Demetriou.Credit:Sebastian Costanzo, "Kim Kardashian," he says suddenly. "Two bunk beds and four boys in one room," recalls his eldest brother, lawyer James Demetriou. Andrew Demetriou timeline: achievements and controversies From North Melbourne winger to departing CEO: Andrew Demetriou's 33 years in the AFL Mar 2, 2014, 3:54pm 1981: MADE his VFL debut with North Melbourne, playing 103 games with the club between 1981 and 1987. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old? In common with other older, poorer clubs, Richmond will suffer from the wealth of talented young players (usually allocated to clubs via the annual draft) and financial support being channelled into the new clubs. Name: Andrew Demetriou. So he was really pointing out missed opportunities. "He really stood out," says Unglik. So they never saw their mothers again. He seems to be content with running a very large, fractious, tending-to-testosterone-soaked organisation in a civilised and imaginative way and looking after his family.". This is true for the AFL Commission as a whole, and for Demetriou personally. But Demetriou, the negotiator, has talked them around. "Symone cannot recall noticing her husband on-field. Having been directed by the commission to groom a successor, Demetriou has achieved that in his deputy Gillon McLachlan, who impressed the AFL board when he took over the reins during Demetrious long service leave of 2012. "There's a bit of the ancestry there - a bit of the old Cypriot sitting under the tree having a glass of whatever they drink over there, watching the world go by. Demetriou has been highly influential in the AFL Commission's desire for a team to be based on the Gold Coast. Organise, control, distribute, and measure all of your digital content. At AFL House, there's also a sense of higher purpose: a desire for expansion to carry the torch of Aussie rules enlightenment into the darkness of heathen league, union and soccer lands. Tania Hird, the wife of the suspended Essendon coach, has repeated the controversial claim that AFL boss Andrew Demetriou tipped off the club. Nor does she recall easily his number. ", He probably should have got into the Victorian cricket side, too - he was playing in the Victorian and Australian under-21 sides at 16 - but in those days, as his long-time friend and AFL medical commissioner Dr Harry Unglik puts it, "who had ever heard of a Demetriou in the Australian cricket team?". He'd had one great relationship in his life; that was all anyone could expect. As the AFL's most visible symbol, it can also be convenient to hate Andrew Demetriou. But money isn't the whole story. Jennifer bodymeasurement and social media presence. '," Demetriou reflects now. Even in his own code, many have been horrified by the prospect. If you see what he's done it becomes clear he must be ambitious, and possess a certain amount of drive. It was that meeting that convinced Karmichael that he should move to AFL.". There, above the Norm Smith medals and behind the gang of administration girls admiring a new engagement ring ("Show me that rock!" Jennifer Hageney is the first wife of Andrew Shue, an American actor with whom she has three children named Nathaniel Shue, Aiden Shue and Wyatt Shue. Of course, the less you appear to care, the more you are likely to care. I want the best for those who work with me. Whatever will be will be.". Demetriou is the youngest son of Greek Cypriot immigrants. "The business is a good business. ", "But it's completely unacceptable today. Chief Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone arrive at the David Jones Summer 2006 Collections Launch on August 17, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. Then there's a long silence, during which he appears to be considering weighty matters of national significance. "I can't see another 10 years here," he says, looking around his office. He's a dignified man, and holds himself well: back straight, arms relaxed, briefcase swinging. Andrew Demetriou at Monday's announcement.Credit:Penny Stephens. Suitably enough, Demetriou met Symone Richards, then a corporate accounts manager, in 2001 at a grand-final-day function. Demetriou was made CEO of the AFL in 2003, replacing Wayne Jackson. He passes a few remarks about Peter Costello's criticism of Australian Football League players visiting schools, and reflects on the launch of rugby union's new Melbourne team. After the children are in bed, he and his wife watch "crappy TV" (hence his awareness of Kim Kardashian's rich inner life), and read the gossip mags. "It was a case of 'winners are grinners'," she says without a hint of guilt. Michael Warner and Ashley Argoon 5 min read December 12, 2013 - 5:27PM HeraldSun A month after the ex-AFL chief and former Crown Melbourne chairman gave a televised public lesson in October in how . What he lacks in celebrity style, however, he makes up for in knowledge. "But I really can't fault him. We provided a small injection of capital which gave the business the ability to borrow money and it's grown incredibly well. "Andy Demetriou" redirects here. I think he said there were 100 teams in South Africa, set up by people who'd followed the gold rush, and a team in Ipswich who played Melbourne. Andrew Demetriou, the million-dollar boss of Australia's dominant sports code, joins his fellow board members around the table once a month. And we're just going to give them an option to get involved in another game. Please try again later. "It's an amazing game," he says, smiling. " Red Symons recalls. I understand it. Ryan Edwards and his wife, Mackenzie, have officially called it quits amid their ongoing legal issues. He later would be involved in another business, the Baxter Group, which he took from a market capitalisation of $40 million in 2003 to a sale in 2006 for $260 million. . It's a great escape. An incredible human being. "I spend more time reading the front part of the paper rather than sport. "She said to the teacher, 'How's Andrew going? They're all different. But now, a sudden round of interviews granted by Demetriou poses the question of whether the corporate journeyman, who has previously headed up companies making false teeth and managing waste, might be positioning himself for life after football. The deal included unprecedented live TV coverage of the AFL competition in all states of Australia through free-to-air, subscription and IP television. "I've said from day one I regard it as a privilege to be in the role; I love the job, but I'm sensible enough to know one day it will come to an end.". "Expansion is going to make things much tougher for clubs in the short term," says Gale, speaking as Richmond CEO. "But I remember the euphoria in the rooms after. He's even convinced those behind enemy walls to join his crusade. Chairing several companies after his retirement from playing, he was appointed CEO of the AFL Players Association in 1998, and was responsible for negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players. In recent months, he's been condemned for his lack of action over the St Kilda/Ricky Nixon scandal (involving a teenage girl) and pilloried for earning twice as much as the top players in his code. "Demetriou can absorb a punch or two, clearly. "It wasn't whim. The comic wore a white tuxedo with a matching black tie. "We used to have games of the wogs against the Aussies, and we'd have Australian kids who wanted to be on the wogs' team. It was the first public example of his negotiating skill. Put it this way, says footy's head honcho of his current circumstances, "I've learnt more about baby wear than I thought I ever would. He's also almost tripled the AFL's annual turnover, partly via a record-breaking $780-million media rights deal in 2006. "No disrespect to Andrew, but I don't think that's really his area of expertise," she laughs. They never saw their mothers after they left. Former AFL chief Andrew Demetriou is a strong family man. ". I get home and see the children, help with the bath, reading books, getting to bed. ", Demetriou had spent his years with Bassett teaching and developing his business interests, primarily in a company manufacturing acrylic teeth, called Ruthinium. Demetriou himself rejects the idea of deliberate discrimination in his early life, but it seems more likely that, for an able and confident kid, it did exist and he simply brushed it off. People say it's how he made his fortune. Crown Resorts director Andrew Demetriou has resigned from the board of the embattled gaming giant but has vowed to defend his reputation. Symone and Andrew Demetriou, expecting their fourth child and partners in a babywear business. Ex-AFL boss Andrew Demetriou makes humiliating exit from Crown board along with the CEO as James Packer's embattled gaming empire makes desperate bid to reverse ban on opening its new Sydney. Then there's Purebaby, to add a bit of fun. "I thought, 'Bloody hell, what have I walked into here? Even as an 18-year-old, he had larger horizons. Lead commercial strategy and business development, major event partnerships, production and venue hire for Carriageworks, Australia's largest multi-arts organisation. The family was close, and Demetriou grew up conscious of his parents' love, sacrifice and work ethic. And he dismisses those who have branded the AFL incursion into western Sydney mere bravado or "bigger-than-Jesus hubris", as one Sydney rugby league commentator damned it. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. He was practising the delicate art, so valued by Australians, of high achievement without visible effort. Demetriou is the youngest son of Greek Cypriot immigrants. "You could see, even at that young age, that he was very erudite, well-read, interested in travel.". It was like winning a Grand Final because we were gone." But he also likes happiness.". "Yep, she let her guard down there!" Andrew is currently non Executive Director of Crown Resorts, Chairman of Capital Health Group and Cox Architects and sits on the Australian Reconciliation Council. "Oh, hairpiece," says Walsh. Andrew Demetriou was born, the youngest of four boys, in Melbourne to Greek Cypriot parents in 1961. Date of Birth: 14 April 1961. . He suffered heartbreak a decade ago when his first wife, the academic and historian Jan Bassett, died of cancer, but today Andrew Demetriou's life seems very much on an even keel. Free market forces might not deem Demetriou's playing career worthy of football's pantheon - a 1985 Scanlen's card of the moustachioed player was selling for $1.99 on eBay last month - though anyone who gets to pull the boots on for more than 100 matches can't be too shabby, a record that would mark a Demetriou boy a potential father-son recruit. [16], In April 2014, it was announced that Gillon McLachlan, Demetriou's then deputy, would be his successor. Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. Says Demetriou now: "It was an incredibly powerful statement. Everyone has to because that's just the expectation. One of the more significant challenges he has faced was his first wife died of cancer in 1999. Of course, despite all the tearing of hair and gnashing of teeth, the NRL and the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) have been stealing each other's players for years. She would have been 14 at the time of his most cherished football moment, but by then had jumped onto the bandwagon of the team that would go back-to-back that year, Essendon. He convinced the Players' Association to accept random testing for illicit drugs, not just performance-enhancing ones, something that is rare in sporting codes the world over, and unheard of in most professions. James Hird's wife Tania says Andrew Demetriou knew about payments to suspended coach UPDATE: James Hird says he will fight to protect his right to his $1 million salary while serving his 12-month suspension. "Later, Symone qualifies her husband's involvement. We run a football code. Demetriou's tastes are eclectic if nothing else. Now in his sixth year at the helm, the 48-year-old youngest son of Greek Cypriot migrants who was raised in a Coburg fish-and-chip shop, appears to be at the top of his game. , is working brother named Jim who also pursued a football career CEO of the 's. 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