Dick Smith (entrepreneur)
Richard Harold Smith is an Australian entrepreneur and aviator. He is the founder of Dick Smith Electronics, Australian Geographic and Dick Smith Foods. Smith has had a long interest in aviation and holds a number of world records in the field. A major philanthropist, he supports a number of charities and conservation efforts.
Smith in 2013
Forced down north of Hudson Strait (1982)
Dick Smith (right) with his daughter
Dick Smith in March 2023 at the Manly-Warringah Radio Society
Dick Smith Electronics Holdings Limited was an Australian chain of retail stores that sold consumer electronics goods, hobbyist electronic components, and electronic project kits. The chain expanded successfully into New Zealand and unsuccessfully into several other countries. The company was founded in Sydney in 1968 by Dick Smith and owned by him and his wife until they sold 60% to Woolworths in 1980, and the remaining 40% two years later.
A Dick Smith Wizzard – a combination computer/video game console that was rebranded and sold through the stores
Hornsby DSE, housed inside Westfield Hornsby, was the first store to be renovated under the new concept
Inside the first Dick Smith concept store Hornsby DSE following its rebranding as Dick Smith Technology
Newly branded Dick Smith outlet in the Sturt Mall, Wagga Wagga
