Grant Wilckens (ILF2014), Amanda Baldwin (ILF2019), Michaela Webster (ILF2021)
The $2bn G’Day Group, which is 95 per cent owned by the $300bnAustralian Retirement Trust, with the remainder largely controlled by its chief executive Grant Wilckens, who founded it 20 years ago with the acquisition of a park in Kalgoorlie, has recently looked at venturing offshore.
It had its sights on the US where it sees more value than in New Zealand, but for now the concentration is on buying more Australian resorts and parks given it has $50m to $100m to spend on mergers and acquisitions annually.
“There’s a huge opportunity for growth in Australia, even after 20 years. I feel we are still getting started. Covid was good for us, it was almost a blessing in disguise,” Mr Wilckens told The Australian.