[PAR] [TLE] Dick Smith (entrepreneur) [SEP] Richard Harold Smith, AC (born 18 March 1944) is an Australian entrepreneur, businessman, record-breaking aviator, philanthropist, and political activist.  He is the founder of Dick Smith Electronics, Dick Smith Foods and Australian Geographic, and was selected as the 1986 Australian of the Year.  In 2010 he founded the media production company Smith&Nasht with the intention of producing films about global issues.  In 2015 he was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia, and is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. [PAR] [TLE] Dick Smith (retailer) [SEP] Dick Smith Holdings Limited (formerly Dick Smith, Dick Smith Electronics or DSE) was, until 2016, an Australia-wide chain of retail stores that sold consumer electronics goods, hobbyist electronic components, and electronic project kits.  The chain expanded successfully into New Zealand and unsuccessfully into several other countries.  The company was founded in Sydney in 1968 by Dick Smith and owned by him and his wife until they sold to Woolworths Limited in 1982.  The company closed in 2016, within several years of its acquisition by Anchorage Capital Partners.
[PAR] [TLE] Dick Smith ( entrepreneur ) [ SEP ] Richard Harold Smith , AC ( born 18 March 1944 ) is an Australian entrepreneur , businessman , record - breaking aviator , philanthropist , and political activist . He is the founder of Dick Smith Electronics , Dick Smith Foods and Australian Geographic , and was selected as the 1986 Australian of the Year . In 2010 he founded the media production company Smith&Nasht with the intention of producing films about global issues . In 2015 he was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia , and is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry . [PAR] [TLE] Dick Smith ( retailer ) [ SEP ] Dick Smith Holdings Limited ( formerly Dick Smith , Dick Smith Electronics or DSE ) was , until 2016 , an Australia - wide chain of retail stores that sold consumer electronics goods , hobbyist electronic components , and electronic project kits . The chain expanded successfully into New Zealand and unsuccessfully into several other countries . The company was founded in Sydney in 1968 by Dick Smith and owned by him and his wife until they sold to Woolworths Limited in 1982 . The company closed in 2016 , within several years of its acquisition by Anchorage Capital Partners .
What is the birth date of this Austrialian entrepeneur who owned with his wife an Australia-wide chain of retail stores that sold consumer electronics goods, hobbyist electronic components, and electronic project kits?
What is the birth date of this Austrialian entrepeneur who owned with his wife an Australia - wide chain of retail stores that sold consumer electronics goods , hobbyist electronic components , and electronic project kits ?
18 March 1944
18 March 1944