Rick Hart is a Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

n businessman and former president of the Fremantle Football Club

Fremantle Football Club

The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...

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Hart commenced retail trading in electrical appliances in 1975 and in 1979 he first used his name as part of the company's name. In 2005 he sold the Rick Hart Group to the Clive Peeters Limited

Clive Peeters

Clive Peeters was an Australian electrical, computers, kitchens and whitegoods retailer with stores in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. Under the original owners, the first stores opened in Melbourne in 1973 and Brisbane in 2001....

 prior to their public listing on the Australian Stock Exchange

Australian Stock Exchange

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, then the group was acquired by Harvey Norman

Harvey Norman

Harvey Norman is a large Australian-based retailer of electrical, computer, furniture, entertainment and bedding goods. It is effectively a franchise and the main brand owned by Harvey Norman Holdings Limited...

 on July 2010.

In 2002, Hart was appointed president of the Fremantle Football Club, a position he held until the end of the 2009 AFL season

2009 AFL season

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