folded in 2005 after eight seasons of racing. Little also personally raced competitively but was discouraged by his fellow board members at Toll Holdings due to the danger. On 29 July 2013, Little became the chairman of the Essendon Football Club in the AFL, replacing David Evans. The role of an AFL football club chairman is often high profile and usually voluntary. Little served in the role for almost two and a half years, presiding over a turbulent time in the club's history as it faced allegations of running a program of illegal supplements during David Evans' tenure. Little stepped down on 14 December 2015, shortly before the final guilty verdict was returned in the supplements investigation, and was replaced by Lindsay Tanner. Awards and honours Winner of the CA/Zurich Business Leader Award in 2002 Winner of the inaugural Trans-Tasman Business Leader Award in 2005 Awarded a Doctor of Business honoris causa by RMIT University in 2008 Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2010 for service to the development of the transport and logistics industries through strategic leadership and promotion of corporate social and environmental responsibility, and to the community through philanthropic support of sporting and medical research organisations. Little is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT). Personal life Little is married to former investment banker, Jane Hansen, his second wife. In 2002, they paid a then record price for a Melbourne home when they bought the Toorak mansion Coonac for nearly 15 million. Little's first wife, Shirley, died of cancer in 1992. Little has three children. Little and Hansen's philanthropic interests are directed towards education, theatre, and addiction rehabilitation. In 2015 Little and Hansen established The Hansen Trust via an 10 million gift from the Hansen Little Foundation to the University of Melbourne to further the teaching of history studies. In 2018 the Hansen Little Foundation gifted a further 30 million to the university. Net worth References External links Toll Group Little Projects Living people Australian chief executives Australian billionaires Essendon Football Club administrators 1947 births Toll Group Officers of the Order of Australia Fellows of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Philanthropists from Melbourne People from Toorak, Victoria