Ron Wise

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Ron Wise is a Western Australian businessman and entrepreneur who rose to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s.{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last=Haselhurst |first=David |title=BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT: WA's high rollers ASSETS CRASH BUT THE LIFESTYLE REMAINS |journal=The Bulletin |date=23 February 1982 |publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald |volume=102 |issue=5302 |pages=90 |issn=0007-4039 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1310402980/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1601614515&partId=nla.obj-1310478544#page/n90/mode/1up |via=Trove}}{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last=Haselhurst |first=David |title=Boomtime team charges out of the valley of debt |journal=The Bulletin with Newsweek | date=13 November 1984 | publisher=Australian Consolidated Press | volume=106 | issue=5442 | issn=1440-7485 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1505665263/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1712981228&partId=nla.obj-1505852634#page/n151/mode/1up |via=Trove}} He also has a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Western Australia,{{cite news |last1=Stevens |first1=Matthew |title=A Russian, a Perth doctor, and GE Corp |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/a-russian-a-perth-doctor-and-ge-corp-19920403-kap5s |access-date=30 December 2020 |work=Australian Financial Review |date=3 April 1992 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230180915/https://www.afr.com/companies/a-russian-a-perth-doctor-and-ge-corp-19920403-kap5s |archive-date=30 December 2020 |url-status=live}} and owns a winery and the wine label Wise Wines.

Wise was a founder of the annual Diggers & Dealers event in Kalgoorlie.

He also developed the first natural gas venture in Western Australia, Strata Oil and Gas.{{cite web |author1=Town of Cottesloe |title=Pine Lodge |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/PrintSingleRecord/6bcee4e6-885c-419a-954b-97ba6bf17f7a |website=inHerit |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |date=1 Jan 2017}}

Wise was recognised as one of the most influential Western Australian businesspeople in The West Australian{{'s}} 2013 list of the 100 most influential.{{citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Harvey |first1=Ben |last2=Hatch |first2=Daniel |title=100 most influential: The business leaders who shaped WA – 1829-2013 |url=https://info.thewest.com.au/westadvertising/feature/20131129/downloads/feature.pdf |publisher=The West Australian |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=https://info.thewest.com.au/westadvertising/feature/20131129/downloads/feature.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2020 |url-status=live |date=29 November 2013 |page=52}}