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[[File:Dick Smith in May 2013.jpg|thumb|Smith in May 2013]] '''Richard Harold Smith''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AC]]}} (born 18 March 1944) is an [[Australia]]n [[businessman]], [[aviator]], [[philanthropist]] and [[political activist]]. He is the [[founder]] of [[Dick Smith (retailer)|Dick Smith Electronics]], [[Dick Smith Foods]] and ''[[Australian Geographic]]''. He was named as the 1986 [[Australian of the Year]]. In 2010, he co-founded the media production company [[Smith & Nasht]]. The reason for this company is to make [[movie]]s about global problems. He also made the first [[Balloon (aircraft)|balloon]] trip across Australia in June 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dick-Smith-Australian-aviator-and-businessman|title=Dick Smith|work=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> Smith was born in [[Roseville, New South Wales|Roseville]], a [[suburb]] of [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]. He is married to Phillipa Aird McManarney. The couple have two daughters, Jenny and Hayley.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/generations-apart-these-diving-buddies-are-the-closest-of-friends-20181022-p50b71.html|title=Shark expert Valerie Taylor on her friendship with Hayley Baillie|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|author=Elliott, Tim|date=27 October 2018|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Dick Smith (entrepreneur)|Dick Smith (businessman)}} * [https://www.dicksmith.com.au/da/ Dick Smith Electronics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325060430/https://www.dicksmith.com.au/da/ |date=2019-03-25 }} {{Australians of the Year}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Dick}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian activists]] [[Category:Australian businesspeople]] [[Category:Aviators]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:People from Sydney]] [[Category:Australian philanthropists]]