Revision as of 09:22, 27 August 2024 edit Marcnut1996 (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 14,984 edits undo, again full list of stores in one state is not required, remove duplicate sentence, citation not required in lead ← Previous edit		Revision as of 09:37, 27 August 2024 edit undo Marcnut1996 (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 14,984 edits most of the background is not very relevant here, more relevant in Peregrine Corporation as the latter is the family company and hence more relevant about family and upbringing etc. content removed from this article and moved there Next edit →
Line 36: ===Background=== {{main\|Peregrine Corporation}} The founder of the chain, Fred Shahin, his wife, their siblings, and their parents, were expelled from [[Mandatory Palestine\|Palestine]] on 15 May 1948, after [[Israeli Declaration of Independence\|Israel had declared its independence]]. Shahin was an accountant and an auditor for the [[United Nations]] before migrating to Australia; his son Khalil (Charlie) Shahin said in 2024 that his father's training and occupation was pivotal to the company's success, as he acted as an effective [[chief financial officer]].<ref name=simmons2024>{{cite web \| title=From Palestine to paydirt: The Shahin's OTR journey\| first= David \|last=Simmons \| website=[[InDaily]] \| date=27 May 2024 \| url=https://www.indaily.com.au/business/companies/2024/05/27/from-palestine-to-paydirt-the-shahins-otr-journey \| access-date=8 June 2024}}</ref> ~~Peregrine~~In ~~founder~~1984, Fred Shahin and his family moved to Australia. He bought his first [[BP]] service station in the [[Adelaide]] suburb of [[Woodville Park]] and various other tobacco outlets ~~in 1984~~.<ref name="BRW">{{cite web\|date=27 June 2014\|title=BRW Rich 200 list 2014: 102. Yasser Shahin & family\|url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/lists/rich-200/2014/brw_rich_list_yasser_shahin_family_aquZ79g5poL5dHSGlF39FJ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513181355/http://www.afr.com/leadership/brw-rich-200-list-2014-102-yasser-shahin--family-20140626-jy4lc\|archive-date=13 May 2017\|work=[[BRW (magazine)\|BRW]]\|publisher=Fairfax Media\|accessdate=24 July 2014}}</ref> ▼ ▲Peregrine founder Fred Shahin bought his first [[BP]] service station in the [[Adelaide]] suburb of [[Woodville Park]] and various other tobacco outlets in 1984.<ref name="BRW">{{cite web\|date=27 June 2014\|title=BRW Rich 200 list 2014: 102. Yasser Shahin & family\|url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/lists/rich-200/2014/brw_rich_list_yasser_shahin_family_aquZ79g5poL5dHSGlF39FJ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513181355/http://www.afr.com/leadership/brw-rich-200-list-2014-102-yasser-shahin--family-20140626-jy4lc\|archive-date=13 May 2017\|work=[[BRW (magazine)\|BRW]]\|publisher=Fairfax Media\|accessdate=24 July 2014}}</ref> ===Growth===

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