What is James Fairfax?
'''James Oswald Fairfax''' (27 March 1933 – 11 January 2017) was an Australian company director and [[philanthropy|philanthropist]]. He was a member of the [[Fairfax family]], an Australian family in the newspaper publisher industry. He became a director of John Fairfax & Sons Ltd in 1957 and took over from his father in 1977. He resigned in 1987 and sold his shares to his half brother [[Warwick Fairfax]], during 'young Warwick's' ultimately disastrous takeover bid. Fairfax was born in [[Sydney]]. He studied at [[Cranbrook School, Sydney|Cranbrook School]], [[Geelong Grammar School]] and [[Balliol College, Oxford]]. Fairfax published a memoir in 1991. He died on 11 January 2017 in Sydney at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/prominent-philanthropist-and-arts-patron-james-fairfax-dies-20170112-gtpykm.html|title=Prominent philanthropist and arts patron James Fairfax dies|first=Valerie|last=Lawson|date=12 January 2017|work=smh.com.au|access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairfax, James}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Australian businesspeople]] [[Category:Australian philanthropists]] [[Category:People from Sydney]]