Betty Klimenko is believed to be a key player in Will Brown’s impending defection from Erebus to Supercars powerhouse Triple Eight. Today we will discuss about Betty Klimenko: Biography| Net Worth| Husband| Father| Son.
Betty Klimenko: Biography| Net Worth| Husband| Father| Son
Betty Saunders-Klimenko AM (born 1959) is an Australian businesswoman and motorsport team owner who runs the Erebus Motorsport team in the Supercars Championship. In 2017, she became the first female team owner to win the Bathurst 1000. Klimenko is a promoter of women in motorsport and global ambassador for the Australian branch of the Dare to Be Different initiative.
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| Born | 1959 (age 63–64) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| Nationality | Australian |
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| Known for | First female team owner to win the Bathurst 1000 |
| Spouse | Daniel Klimenko |
| Children | 3 |
Biography
Klimenko was the illegitimate child of a police officer who served in the Vietnam War, and Anne Neal, a Sydney prostitute and former Miss West Australia, born in 1959. He has three biological siblings. Kings Cross Police She became addicted to drugs in the station’s Cell Number 3, and was abandoned by her biological parents at the age of seven weeks to the adoption nursery of the former Crown Street Women’s Hospital.
Net Worth
The Australian Financial Review published its 2023 Rich List estimating Klimenko’s net worth at $2.76 billion, held jointly with his half-sister Monica Saunders-Weinberg and her family. Klimenko and Saunders-Weinberg appeared on the 2019 Rich List for the first time.
Husband
She is married to Daniel Klimenko with whom she has one child. Klimenko has two children from a previous marriage, which lasted five years from 1981 to 1986. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours, “for significant service to motorsport and charitable organisations”.
Father
His father name is John Saunders. Klimenko was adopted by Hungarian-Jewish, Westfield Group co-founder and Nazi concentration camp survivor John Saunders and his wife Etta.
Son
He planned to form his own successful property development company, Terrace Tower Group. Klimenko met Daniel in 1989 in a pub. She was 30 years old and had two sons, Anthony and Ricky, from her first marriage.
