Geoffrey Edelsten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Geoffrey Edelsten

Australian businessman

Date of Birth: 02-May-1943

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Geoffrey Edelsten

  • Geoffrey Walter Edelsten (born 2 May 1943) is an Australian medical entrepreneur who founded Allied Medical Group. Edelsten was a general practitioner whose unconventional clinics and lifestyle attracted media attention in the 1980s.
  • He owned mansions, helicopters, and a fleet of Rolls-Royces and Lamborghinis with license plates such as Macho, Spunky and Sexy.
  • His multidisciplinary clinics – the forerunners of modern corporate medical practices – were open 24 hours, and were fitted with chandeliers, grand pianos, and mink-covered examination tables.He was deregistered in New South Wales in 1988 and later in Victoria.
  • In 1990, he was jailed for perverting the course of justice and soliciting Christopher Dale Flannery to assault a former patient.In 2005, Edelsten and a business partner founded Allied Medical Group, which by 2010 administered 17 medical centres and employed around 250 general practitioners.
  • Edelsten is not, however, a shareholder or owner of the company.Edelsten was the first private owner of a major Australian football team – the Sydney Swans, which he bought in 1985.

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