Carrillo Baillieu Gantner AC (born 1944) is a Victorian cultural leader and philanthropist and a member of the Melbourne retailing Myer family. He was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Neilma Gantner with Vallejo Gantner, and grandson of Merlyn Myer and Sidney Myer, founder of the Myer retail chain. His most well known achievement lies in the area of founding theatres and theatre companies. He founded the Playbox Theatre in 1976 and in the late 1980s was the driving force for the building of the Malthouse Theatre complex which opened in 1990. He was President of the Myer Foundation 2004-2010 and is currently Chairman of the Sidney Myer Fund, the Myer family’s two philanthropic arms.
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1944 (age 81)
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