John Van Lieshout (born 1946) is an Australian billionaire, the founder and former owner of the Amart Furniture store chain.
[1] Born in the Netherlands in 1946,[2] Van Lieshout is one of 13 children of Karel Van Lieshout, a plasterer, and his wife, Anna, who emigrated to Australia in 1960, initially processed at Brisbane's Wacol Migrant Camp.
[1] Van Lieshout is the founder and former owner of the Super A-Mart furniture store chain.
[4] Through his Unison Projects Group, he has acquired 600 housing blocks and 200 townhouses in the Brisbane area.
[4] Other members of the family have founded businesses, and the family is known in Australia as the "kings and queens of furniture", having founded chains including Empire Office Furniture, Super A-Mart, BW Coles, Chevron and the Woolstore.