Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Bassat


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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:05, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Andrew Bassat

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fails WP:BIO. simply founding a company does not confer inherent notability. and the award "Australian EY Entrepreneur Of The Year" hardly adds to notability. also nominating his brother for similar reasons: LibStar (talk) 06:56, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete The award is notable but there's no other indication of evidence of notability, therefore fails WP:BIO. There is even less evidence for his brother's notability so that's a Delete also. -- HighKing ++ 17:37, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Struck the !vote above. There is ample evidence of notability in various books as pointed out by JimMillerJr below (and make sure you spell the name correctly!) -- HighKing ++ 11:37, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration.  Jim Miller  See me 22:33, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep both Finding sources on these two is not difficult, but stitching it all together will take some effort. See here and here for the first couple I could find. I will continue to work on these as I have time.  Jim Miller  See me 22:33, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:NOT applies given it's simply a business listing complete with the sources being business announcements, mentions and all similar; we would never compromise with accepting advertising even if someone "liked the article". SwisterTwister   talk  23:31, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete a lack of substantial coverage to establish notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:33, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Keep both per the significant coverage in reliable sources.  The article notes: "The future is where Paul Bassat says he lives too much. 'The restless person thinks about the future, which is the mode I'm in,' he says. 'I'd like to be more in the present and less in the future.' ... Bassat, a venture capitalist, was a co-founder of SEEK, the world's largest online employment business by market capitalisation. He created it with brother Andrew and friend Matthew Rockman, of the Rockmans women's fashion family, in 1997 – just two years after Amazon and eBay were born. Back then Bassat was a 29-year-old lawyer-turned-entrepreneur in awe of the possibilities of the internet. He had a cracker of an idea for a jobs website and set out on an exhausting adventure that eventually made him and others rich. ...  Bassat left SEEK five years ago, stepping down as co-chief executive. Now he's one of the wealthy men who invests money with hungry entrepreneurs, who remind him of himself. But Bassat isn't just any venture capitalist; there are plenty of them. He's the best-networked venture capitalist in Australia, and the most influential. While not a household name, the 48-year-old co-founder of Square Peg Capital has the ear of the country's uber rich and politicians, among them the innovation-obsessed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. His clout stretches beyond these shores into Israel and Silicon Valley, the latter the command centre for global innovation. He can easily organise a meeting with global technology giants such as Tesla or Uber, or one of the world's biggest venture capital outfits, Andreessen Horowitz, which helped build Facebook. ... Bassat and wife Sharon, a former teacher, have three late-stage teenagers. Bassat and his two siblings, Andrew and Sally, all became lawyers. Only Sally, who lives in Israel, remains one. Bassat's mother, a Holocaust survivor who as a child emigrated from Poland, worked as a lawyer. His father, who was born in Egypt and came to Australia as a teenager, was an IBM executive. Bassat wasn't interested in technology as a kid; he liked books. And when the germ of an idea that would become SEEK came to him – while standing at a house auction in Melbourne in the 1990s – he had to use his father's computer for the research."  The book notes: "The Bassat brothers, Paul and Andrew, and their friend Matthew Rockman had built SEEK from a daydream. By 2003, five years after its launch, it was a serious company, worth $100 million, driven by the boom in online advertising. ... Andrew Bassat was the prime joker; his brother Paul was deemed the adult supervision. How embarrassing if they turned up at Packer’s office and it was a SEEK practical joke. Finally they rang back to check, to find that James Packer did in fact want to meet them. ... Andrew Bassat, 31, was a management consultant at Booz Allen. He was not an internet user but they were both excited to find advertising already online. They would spend nearly six months creating a plan." The book extensively discusses Seek's founding and Paul and Andrew's role in the company's founding.  The article notes: "IF ANDREW Bassat is worried about flying solo, he certainly isn't showing it. The Seek chief executive will sit alone at the helm of the online job ads business when his brother and co-CEO Paul officially steps down on June 30 to pursue other interests. His departure marks the end of one of corporate Australia's best-known - and most formidable - family duos. But Mr Bassat appears determined not to slow down now he's a lone operator, as the months since his brother's resignation in October demonstrate. ... Seek was born in 1997 out of Paul's frustration with searching through newspaper classifieds for a house. Mr Bassat wasn't even an internet user then, but Paul's experience highlighted the potential of online ads to the brothers."  The article notes: "AFTER almost 13 years at the helm of job search website Seek, Paul Bassat has decided to throw in his own job. Mr Bassat's resignation takes effect from next July when his co-chief executive - brother Andrew Bassat - takes on the top job solo. Paul Bassat, 42, will then take a year off before rejoining the board as a non-executive director in 2012. But as for what he will be doing during his gap year, he still doesn't know. ... The corporate lawyer Bassat brothers and Matt Rockman started Seek in the late 1990s, backed with seed funding from Mr Rockman's hotelier father, Irvin Rockman."  The article notes: "In 1997, Paul Bassat was trying to buy a house. Standing at an auction, completely frustrated by the process, he figured that there had to be a better way of finding a house than through the newspapers. His original idea was to develop an online real estate classifieds business. Paul, then 29, took the idea to his brother Andrew and they started researching the main classified markets - real estate, cars and employment. Deciding the employment classifieds market was the best option, they went, with business plan in hand, to look for funding. Melbourne businessman Matthew Rockman and his father Irvin, who were clients of Paul's in his previous career as a lawyer, loved the idea and fronted up the cash. Matthew also joined the team, heading up marketing and sales."  The article notes: "Chief executives and executive boards are not doing enough to capture the growth opportunities at their doorstep, according to Andrew Bassat, co-founder and CEO of online jobs marketplace SEEK. Fear of the repercussions of failure among Australia’s corporate leaders could be the biggest barrier stopping companies and investors from capitalising on the growth associated with the rise of Asia’s middle class, Mr Bassat said. He added that short term-focused remuneration likely inhibits CEOs and executives from taking the risks required to get a foothold in the highly competitive and emerging growth region."</li> <li> The article notes: "Andrew Bassat graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Melbourne as well as a Bachelor of Laws degree from Monash University. Andrew and went on to complete his MBA in Business Administration degree from Melbourne Business School. After completing his University education Bassat went to work as a solicitor at Corrs Chamber Westgarth one of Australia’s leading independent law practices, leaving them to become a management consultant in the Australian offices of Booz Allen & Hamilton, an American technology consulting firm. While he was with Booz Allen & Hamilton, Bassat found himself working on a wide and interesting range of strategic assignments in conjunction with some of the Australia’s leading corporations. Bassat left Booz Allen & Hamilton, to go into business with his brother Paul in September 1997 assuming the role of Executive Director of Seek Limited. When Paul left to form his own company in 2011 Andrew assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of Seek Limited."</li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Andrew Bassat and Paul Bassat to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 07:58, 14 February 2017 (UTC) </li></ul>

<div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep both – Per a review of available sources in online searches, both of these subjects meet WP:BASIC and qualify for standalone articles. However, another option is to merge the content to Seek Limited. See also: WP:ATD-M. North America1000 05:07, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 23:05, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Seek is pretty big company and these guys not only founded it but continue to run it (at least one of them anyway). And regardless of that, Cunard makes a very good case for them both meeting the WP:GNG. Jenks24 (talk) 11:20, 20 February 2017 (UTC)


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