Rod Menzies

Rodney William "Rod" Menzies was an Australian entrepreneur. In 1969 he founded Menzies International, a private company, which is one of Australia's 500 most profitable private companies. Menzies International includes the cleaning business Menzies Group, the art auction house Menzies Art Brands, the vineyard Noorilim Estate, and Menzies International Racing Stables.
Menzies attended Caulfield Grammar School, and studied at the University of Melbourne and Pepperdine University in Los Angeles. He opened Menzies Cleaning Services in 1969, and operated this business in America from 1984 to 1993. After opening an art auction house in 1998, the takings of Menzies Art Brands ran second to Sotheby's Australian arm only twice, by 2010.