Harry Triguboff Quotes

Harry Triguboff

Profession : Businessman

Birth : March 3, 1933

It's a very difficult business, and I'm very interested in the future of it after I'm gone, and I thought that if I can't produce a strong management team here myself, and I can find better management elsewhere, then I should sell it.

Harry Triguboff

I don't think I have to combat Airbnb. It is like comparing Tiffany to a shop that sells things for one dollar.

Harry Triguboff

I employ thousands of people, maybe 5,000 or 6,000. In my mind, they are all doing well. Because if they are not doing well in their minds, I'm not as strong as I could be.

Harry Triguboff

People have lots of money in super, but they have no money in the bank, and the super funds are not built to help people buy property.

Harry Triguboff

My interest is in the Wests Tigers. Nobody can support a team that is all the time on the bottom; that's a waste of time.

Harry Triguboff

I fire very little because I try to be very careful when I select people. If you know how to select, you don't fire often.

Harry Triguboff

In this business, you don't have to be an architect or an engineer or a brick layer. But you have to understand how the money flows. That you can only understand if you're on the site.

Harry Triguboff

I'm a businessman, that's all.

Harry Triguboff

We looked into and tested the Airbnb website and found the inquiries generated were at price points substantially lower than the market is prepared to pay us directly. It was clear that there were no real synergies between the level of our offering and what Airbnb clientele is looking for.

Harry Triguboff

I've changed Sydney. It's my city, my people. I'm theirs. We belong to each other.

Harry Triguboff

This is a lifetime job. You don't look at it, you know, now and then. It doesn't really matter. When the market comes down, then I buy my land very cheaply, so I make my money on that.

Harry Triguboff

The government should spend more time on promoting tourism in Sydney.

Harry Triguboff

Land values are going up a lot in Sydney, but it's feasible to build because prices are going up, too.

Harry Triguboff

My properties are very good income-producing buildings, so I will have a very good stream of profit even if I can't sell.

Harry Triguboff

In Sydney, we always have a deficiency of housing. So that's one good thing, which will cause real estate to keep going up. Not fast, but it'll go up.

Harry Triguboff

I'm easy. Very easy. I'll tell you why I am easy. If someone is no good, I get rid of them. It is no good being tough on somebody who can't do the job. If he can do the job, then there is no point in being tough with him.

Harry Triguboff

I deal in volume. To sell volume, it must be affordable. So that's my whole life, is to make it affordable.

Harry Triguboff