Ronald Joseph Walker AC CBE (15 September 1939 – 30 January 2018) was an Australian businessman best known for his work in managing sporting events.
The son of a Hoyts Cinema senior supervisor,[2] Walker attended Caulfield Grammar School and as a schoolboy,[2] he started his first business at a backyard in Collingwood, making dishwashing detergents and washing cars.
However, it was Labor Premier Joan Kirner who appointed Walker as Chairman of the Melbourne Major Events Company, the body which managed both the bids for the Grand Prix and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
[9] Walker also served as Chairman of the Microsurgery Foundation of the Bernard O'Brien Institute of St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne.
[11] Walker's interests included a collection of classic cars and property; he had an estimated net worth of A$978 million, according to the 2011 BRW Rich 200.