Craig Duffy
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Francis Duffy |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Citizenship | Australia |
| Occupation | 9-ball, Snooker, Businessman, Poker |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Snooker, 9-ball, Poker |
Craig Duffy is a former Australian professional pool and snooker champion who turned into entrepreneurial investor and businessman. He is a founder and chief executive officer(CEO) of Duffy Investment Group, which is a boutique investment firm with a hands-on approach.
Sports Career[edit]
In 1990, Craig won titles of Australian Open Snooker Championship, Australian Snooker Championship, Fred Osbourne Memorial Snooker and Winfield State Snooker Championship in 1992.[1][2][3]
Duffy reached semi-finals of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship twice, in 1995 and 1996. In 1995, He finished third in the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, which was held in Taipei, Taiwan. The event was won by Germany's Oliver Ortmann.[4]
In 1996, He has reached the semi-finals with finished fourth in 1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship after losing to Ralf Souquet, who went on to win.[4]
Craig reached the finals of Australian National Snooker Championship in 1996 but was beaten by Stan Gorski, with second-place finishes.[1]He also placed second in Aussie Millions Poker Championship twice, in 2014 and 2015.[5]
Titles[edit]
- 2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship [5]
- 2014 Aussie Millions Poker Championship[5]
- 2006 Crown Australian Poker Championship [5]
- 1996 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
- 1996 Australian National Snooker Championship[1]
- 1994 Australian Open (snooker)
- 1995 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
- 1993 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
- 1992 Central Coast Leagues Club Classic [1]
- 1992 Winfield State Snooker Championship[3]
- 1990 Australian Snooker Championship[2]
- 1990 Fred Osbourne Memorial Snooker [1]
- 1990 Winfield State Snooker Championship [3]
- 1990 Australian Open Snooker Championship [1]
- Queensland Open Championships
Business career[edit]
Duffy co-founded Tomato Technologies in the late 1990s with his business partner Jamieson Pickering.[6] Duffy was CEO of Tomato Technologies from the early 2000s.[7] In 2004, he was listed in Business Review Weekly's Young Rich List with a reported personal wealth of A$14 million. Duffy stepped down from the role in 2006.[8]
He later became a property investor.[9][10][11]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Past Champions". ABSC. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Australian Snooker Champions". cuesportsaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Queensland Billiards and Snooker Championship" (PDF). History of Queensland Billiards and Snooker Championship. 9 November 2022. pp. 5–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "1995-1996 World Pool Championships". csns. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Craig - Poker Championship". pokerdb.thehendonmob.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "2004 Young Rich List Profile - Craig Duffy". Business Review Weekly. 2004. Archived from the original on 15 June 2005. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ↑ Cooper, Cameron (16 February 2005). "Tomato's ready for picking". The Australian. p. 28.
- ↑ Beer, Stan (7 February 2006). "Tomato profit downgrade and CEO quits". iTWire. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ↑ Norris, Glen (17 June 2021). "Liquidator appointed to firms controlled by strip club kingpin". The Australian.
- ↑ Keen, Ryan (13 December 2014). "Meet the man behind Showgirls". Gold Coast Bulletin. p. 4.
- ↑ Keen, Ryan (8 December 2021). "Billy Cross, Jamie Pickering on Showgirls club owner Craig Duffy". Gold Coast Bulletin.
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