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Graeme Wood (born 1947; Rockhampton, Queensland) is an Australian internet entrepreneur, philanthropist and environmentalist. He is the founder of online travel site Wotif.com〔(How Graeme Wood made his fortune ), from ''Money Magazine'', April 2006.〕 and ''The Global Mail'', a not-for-profit multimedia site for journalism in the public interest.〔(Why The Global Mail has focused in on data and investigations ), from ''journalism.co.uk'', June 2013.〕 In January 2013, Wood was named as a prominent backer of a new digital edition of ''The Guardian'' in Australia.〔(Guardian Australia launches with promise of 'fresh and independent view' ), from ''The Guardian'', May 2013.〕 He said it would add quality and diversity to Australian media as well as fostering a closer interaction with the rest of the world. In July 2013 ''The Global Mail'' became the first institutional member of the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), as part of Wood’s three-year, US$1.5 million grant to bolster cross-border investigative reporting.〔(Press Release - ICIJ and The Global Mail enter partnership ), from ''The Global Mail'', July 2013.〕 The deal includes a new Global Investigative Journalism Fellowship for an Australian journalist and full-time research desk for the consortium. In June 2013, Wood also was elected a member of the board of directors of the US-based Center for Public Integrity, the nonprofit, nonpartisan news organisation that supports the ICIJ.〔(Center gets $1.5M investment into ICIJ ), from ''The Centre for Public Integrity'', June 2013.〕 Other businesses Wood has founded, co-founded, or acquired interests in include Wotnews, which closed down in 2012〔(Wotnews to shut down on June 23 as development team heads to New York ), from ''Smart Company'', June 2012.〕 after spawning We Are Hunted, a music recommendation website sold to Twitter in 2013.〔(How three Australians took Twitter into music ), from the ''Financial Review'', April 2013.〕 Wood also founded Wild Mob in 2008, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to protect Australia’s most threatened species and ecosystems, and Artology in 2011, an organization that unlocks the creative potential of young people through experiential learning in the performing arts, through programs such as WotOpera. Wood was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2012 Australia Day Honours.〔(Australia Day honours to UQ community members ), from ''The University Of Queensland'', January 2012.〕 He has been awarded Suncorp Queenslander of the Year,〔(Suncorp Queenslander of the Year Award Recipients ), from ''suncorp.com.au'', June 2008〕 received an Honorary Doctorate of Economics from the University of Queensland and has been a large donor to the University.〔(A pioneering engineer and a visionary philanthropist have been recognised with The University of Queensland’s highest honour ), From ''Contact Magazine'' published by ''The University of Queensland'', October 2011〕 An environmentalist and advocate of government transparency, Wood gave the largest political donation in Australian history in 2010, to the federal Greens party.〔(Web millionaire bankrolled Greens ), from ''The Age'', January 2011.〕 In 2011, Wood partnered with Jan Cameron through Triabunna Investments to purchase the Triabunna Woodchip Mill in Tasmania.〔(Greenies buy woodchip mill ), from ''The Age'', July 2011.〕 Although the mill was supposed to keep operating for five years it remains mothballed.〔(Deal holds fate of Triabunna woodchip mill ), from ''The Examiner'', November 2012.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graeme Wood (businessman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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