Life and Career
Packer is the son of Roslyn (née Weedon) and the late media mogul, Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, and grandson of Frank Packer. Packer was born in Sydney, Australia. He was educated at Cranbrook School in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. After obtaining the Higher School Certificate (HSC) at Cranbrook, Kerry decided it was time to toughen his son up to prepare him for the world of business. He was sent to his father's extensive Newcastle Waters cattle station in the Barkly Tableland of the Northern Territory, where he worked as a jackeroo. His father dismissed the idea of sending young James to university by saying "Why would he want to go there? To learn how to smoke marijuana?"
Besides his father, his toughest mentor has been Albert J. Dunlap.
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