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Sam Tarascio

Net worth $1.2B

Real estate · Australia

Born
Jul 22, 1944
Age
81
Source
Real estate
Residence
Melbourne
Citizenship
Australia
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Sam Tarascio owns a portfolio of real estate across Melbourne, including a business park, two distribution sites, a large shopping mall and a market.
  • Tarascio, who emigrated from Italy in the 1950s, also owns several inner-city apartment developments.
  • He started out in property development in the 1960s by building a warehouse for German pharmaceutical company Hoechst, where he had worked in sales.
  • That led him to establish logistics and industrial-development business Salta Properties, now run by his son Sam.
  • Sam Tarascio, founder of Salta Properties, will transition from his role as founding director to non-executive founding director, effective 1 January 2026.
  • Tarascio imported an olive press in 2014 for his Taralinga Estate on the Mornington Peninsula, near Melbourne.
  • His Taralinga Estate olive oil has won two gold medals at the New York International World Olive Oil Competition.

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