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RM Williams bought by Australian mining tycoon Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest – ABC News
Mining magnate Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest buys iconic bootmaker RM Williams, returning the brand to Australian ownership.
An investment company owned by mining magnate Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and his wife Nicola has bought iconic bootmaker RM Williams, returning it to Australian ownership.
The Adelaide-based outfitter, founded by bushman Reginald Murray Williams in 1932, had been in the hands of Louis Vuitton-backed private equity firm L Catterton.
It employs 400 people at its Salisbury workshop in Adelaide and another 500 across Australia.
“Nicola and I are incredibly proud and humbled to be able to bring RM Wi…
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