Tony Šantić Tony Šantić (born 17 October 1952, Lastovo

Lastovo

Lastovo is an island municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia. The municipality consists of 46 islands with a total population of 792 people, of which 93% are ethnic Croats, and a land area of approximately . The biggest island in the municipality is also named Lastovo, as is the...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

, is a noted Australian thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 owner and tuna farmer. He came to Australia with his family in 1958, aged six. His parents settled in Geelong, Victoria

Geelong, Victoria

Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia...

 for the next 8 years before Tony and his mother moved to Port Lincoln.

Early life

Šantić gained initial success in tuna fishing at Port Lincoln. Times were slightly tough in the early 1990s, when tuna quotas were reduced twice, sending a number of related businesses into financial hardship and shutting down others. Tuna farming turned around and Šantić's Tuna International is the second biggest tuna farming operation in Port Lincoln. During slightly lower than usual times in the tuna industry, in 1997, he decided to pursue his interest in horse racing.

Family

On 25 April 2009, he married his third wife, Deslee Kennedy.
Son, Joseph Santic Born on March 8, 1989.