Ron Bakir is a Lebanese entrepreneur from Queensland, Australia. Bakir is the founder and CEO of HomeCorp Group. Early life Bakir was born in Lebanon in 1977. In 1995, at the age of 17, Bakir established the mobile phone chain Crazy Ron's in Queensland, Australia. Crazy Ron’s entered into voluntary administration after declaring insolvency in early April 2005 after a long and costly David and Goliath legal battle with a large national competitor, Crazy John's. In 2013, Bakir was awarded the Gold Coast Young Entrepreneur of the Year due to his success with HomeCorp. In 2015 Ron was nominated for the prestigious Executive of the Year Awards held by the CEO Magazine. In the same year Bakir was also one of the four finalists in the Construction Executive of the Year for his achievements in the property industry. HomeCorp Group Bakir founded HomeCorp Property Group in 2004. HomeCorp is a private urban development company headquartered on the Gold Coast, Queensland. HomeCorp began as a company delivering small home and land projects to Australian property investors and has grown to achieve over $1 billion in accumulated sales since 2004 across more than 15 projects. The company has been considered successful, despite Australia property development slowing down during the Financial crisis of 2007–08, with Bakir attributing the constant growth to HomeCorp's extensive market research. HomeCorp has delivered projects in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Queensland. Bakir was awarded the Gold Coast Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2013 for his leadership of the HomeCorp Property Group. The awards are judged by Business News Publications and aim to recognise young business owners operating in the Gold Coast region aged 40 or under. In 2013, the Rockhampton Regional Council approved plans for 950 residential lots in the community currently known as the ‘Pineapple Patch', with HomeCorp announcing a $500 million project in the location. In 2014 HomeCorp started its construction division HomeCorp Constructions. In 2016 HomeCorp entered into a partnership with the internationally renowned Queensland- based developer Sunland Group to deliver 700 homes in Australia’s fastest growing region the Gold Coast northern corridor. In 2017 HomeCorp was named in Westpac Bank’s 200 Businesses of Tomorrow leadership list.” As at 2017 HomeCorp Constructions was Queensland’s 11th largest building construction company as listed in the HIA top 100 construction data report. Association with Schapelle Corby In 2005, Bakir donated an undisclosed sum of money to