Michael George Kailis AM CBE (14 February 1929 – 25 June 1999) was a Western Australian businessman who founded the MG Kailis Group of companies, whose head office is in Fremantle, Western Australia.
In 1960 he and his wife Patricia Kailis started a small rock lobster operation in Dongara, later expanding their interests into prawning, shipbuilding, aquaculture and the Kailis Jewellery line, built on pearls.
[1] Kailis's parents emigrated to Australia from the Greek island of Kastelorizo.
[2] His cousin, Peter, founded the Red Rooster fast food chain.
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