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The family is primarily known for their business interests, especially for their role in importing and popularising
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Valmorbida says he intends to be in Sydney for News Year's Eve to celebrate with his "good friend" Paris Hilton ... Valmorbida, who was more keen to talk about his work as an art dealer, throwing lavish parties, hosting art shows around the world, attracting the rich and famous
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Valmorbida did not own the paintings, but used forged documents to suggest he did, and that he then used the paintings as collateral to get personal loans worth more than $ 10 million from major international art trading houses including
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In 1980 the family bought the
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The Joval Family Wine group is the brainchild of owner John
Valmorbida, whose family's involvement in the food and wine industry in Australia began when his father Carlo -an adventurous young racing car driver- left Italy for the shores of Australia in
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in northern Italy. Their first venture was the establishment of a continental grocery store
Agostinos, which sold imported Mediterranean and continental food at a time when that food was not yet established in Australia.
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According to this year's BRW rich list, the
Melbourne-based Valmorbida family is worth $ 501 million and was founded by brothers Carlo, Mariano, Tarcisio (Terry) and Saverio, who migrated from northern Italy in
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In 1978, when the
Valmorbida family purchased the Mitchelton Winery in Victoria's Goulburn Valley, the task of running the winery was given to John. He has been passionately immersed in the wine industry ever
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In 2014 he married socialite Zara Simon, daughter of Peter Simon, the retail tycoon behind £600 million
British fashion empire Monsoon. The wedding was celebrated at Blenheim Palace.
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The family has a stake in Goulburn Border Broadcasters, which operates a network of radio stations in regional Victoria and has shares in Data Commerce (the owner of 3AK and 3MP).
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The Post report said Davis rang up $ US75,000 ($ 120,000) on a credit card he "swiped" from Valmorbida. Valmorbida said the report was "accurate", but was reluctant to elaborate.
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My father used to look at that corner block in the heart of little Italy, where Lygon Street meets Faraday, and aspired to own it," says his son John Valmorbida.
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Two days after his outing in the Post, Valmorbida was making headlines in the New York Daily News, which reported he was snogging Lohan in an Los Angeles club.
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Casama Group, the parent company of a collection of wine production companies and retailers; including Shaw and Smith, Cloudy Bay, and Riedel.
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Pidapipo founder Lisa Valmorbida is thrilled to open the Fitzroy space, which has been three years in the making.
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In more recent times, the family has a had a number of business interests across Australia, especially in the
680:"Building an Italian Empire: Stories From King & Godfree, the 150-Year-Old Jewel in Lygon Street's Crown"
613:"Building an Italian Empire: Stories From King & Godfree, the 150-Year-Old Jewel in Lygon Street's Crown"
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They also own the Italian-language newspapers Il Globo and La Fiamma, and the radio network Rete Italia.
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BAM Logistics, a company specialised in providing temperature-controlled transport and storage.
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In contemporary times, the family maintains control of a string of businesses including
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who had been cut off from his family fortune; as well as his parties with
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Michael Valmorbida, one of Terry's sons, started Split Rock water.
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The family's initial wealth was built by three brothers
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Estcourt, David; O'Neil, Patrick (19 September 2020).
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