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The Sypkes are a prominent business family from Tasmania, Australia. They came to prominence after they immigrated to Tasmania from the Netherlands, where Engel Sypkes went on to found the Purity supermarket chain in 1958. The chain was sold in 1981, at the time encompassing 16 stores.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sypkes Family )〕 His sons Peter and Rudie Sypkes founded the Chickenfeed retail chain in 1990〔 and sold in 2001 for an estimated 35 million Australian dollars.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rudie Sypkes' shock death )〕 Rudie Sypkes went on to invest in various businesses, including an investment advisory company, real estate in Queensland and oil in Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rudie and North Korea )〕 In 2002 Rudie was appointed honorary consul for the Czech Republic to Tasmania〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senator David Bushby : Speeches )〕 and in 2007 won the AICD Tasmania Gold Medal Director of the Year, presented by the Governor of Tasmania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=News and Views )〕 He was also a director of the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies〔http://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/293727/TILES-Police-Academy.pdf〕 Rudie Sypkes died of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2007.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tributes to Rudie Sypkes )〕 Before his death he donated $600,000 Australian to research into respiratory medicine His passing was noted by the media and politicians, with tributes made by the Premier,〔 State Opposition Leader 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tasmanian Liberals )〕 and during a session of the federal parliament Senator David Bushby.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mr Rudie Sypkes: 11 Mar 2008: Senate debates (OpenAustralia.org) )〕 Peter Sypkes and Rudie Sypkes son Andrew Sypkes invested in the Shiploads chain of discount stores in 2011, just shortly before the collapse of the family's former company Chickenfeed, the main competitor of their new venture. They were blamed for contributing to the demise of Chickenfeed by the company's communication manager, because of their continued ownership of a number of the store locations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Mercury )〕 Peter Sypkes was appointed honorary consul of the Netherlands to Tasmania in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Peter Sypkes new Honorary Consul in Tasmania )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=18th April 2012 )〕 He is the patron of the Dutch Australia Society〔http://www.dutchaustraliansociety.org.au/resources/tasman_telegraph/tt_sep13.pdf〕 The family presently owns, in edition to 50% of Shiploads, the Sypkes group which consists of their realestate and investment holdings across Tasmania〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Sypkes Group :: Tasmania, Australia )〕 ==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「Sypkes family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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