David Gonski

David Michael Gonski (born 7 October 1953) is an Australian public figure and businessman. He is a leading philanthropist and is the patron of both the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and the Raise Foundation. In 2008, The Sydney Morning Herald described Gonski as "one of the country's best-connected businessmen" and dubbed him "Mr Networks" for being "arguably Sydney's most networked man". A profile in 2010 by Australian author and Herald columnist Malcolm Knox said that Gonski is "a quiet man, in some ways invisible, and cleaves to the shadows. If he were to draw a self-portrait, Gonski would get more use out of an eraser than a pencil."