Rob Scott (businessman)
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| Birth name | Robert Geoffrey Scott | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1969 Perth, Western Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Rossmoyne Senior High School | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Australian National University Macquarie University | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Chief Executive | ||||||||||||||
| Employer | Wesfarmers Ltd | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Liz Weekes | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Swan River Rowing Club Curtin University Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
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Robert "Rob" Geoffrey Scott (born 5 August 1969) is an Australian businessman and former national champion and national representative rower. Since 2017 he has been Managing Director and Chief Executive of Wesfarmers, the Perth-headquartered publicly listed industrial and retail conglomerate, which in 2016 was Australia's largest company by revenue and Australia's largest employer. As a sweep-oared heavyweight rower Scott was a national champion, an eight-time crewman in West Australian King's Cup eights and a four-time Australian representative at World Rowing Championships. He is a dual Olympian oarsman who won a silver medal in a coxless pair at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.