John Coates

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John Coates (businessman)

John Coates (born January 1970), is an English businessman and current Joint Chief Executive of online gambling company Bet365. He has been listed in the Forbes magazine’s 29th annual rich list, with an estimated personal fortune of $1.3 billion (roughly £850 million).

Early life

John is the son of Peter Coates, current Chairman of Stoke City F.C. and director of Bet365 He attended Bristol University where he studied Law. He lives near Stoke-On-Trent with his wife and two children.

Business career

Coates studied law at Bristol University and started his career as an attorney. In 2001, after selling some of their father's betting shops to large bookmaker Coral, his sister convinced him to join her in launching bet365.

Bet365

John and his sister Denise Coates are co-CEOs of U.K. based bet365, one of the world's leading online gambling companies. He owns a quarter of the company

Bet365 Foundation

John helped Denise set-up the Bet365 Foundation in August 2012 and it has donated £100 million to 20 UK charities to help support projects home and abroad.

John Coates (Australian politician)

John Coates (born 23 March 1944) is an Australian retired politician. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at the University of Sydney, after which he became a biochemist at the University of Tasmania. In 1972, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Denison, defeating sitting Liberal MP Robert Solomon. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Michael Hodgman in 1975, but in 1980 returned to politics when he was elected to the Senate. He remained a Senator until he resigned his place on 20 August 1996, six months after the federal election that had removed Labor from power.

Coates announced his resignation from the Senate on the same day that his ALP colleague Senator Mal Colston left the party and with Coalition support was elected Deputy President of the Senate. Senator Coates announced his resignation in the Senate just shortly after Colston's election as Deputy Senate President and when Senator Coates made this announcement there was an interjection from across the chamber from Liberal Senator Alan Ferguson. In reference to the Colston defection earlier in the day, Senator Ferguson in response to Senator Coates' announcement said "Another one." Whilst still in the middle of making his resignation speech, Senator Coates responded in kind by saying, "From the Senate not from the Australian Labor Party."