Breville Group
In Australia in 1932 Bill O’Brien, a radio salesman, and Harry Norville, an engineer, scraped together 500 pounds in the midst of the nation’s worst economic depression to found “Breville Radio”. Together they built and sold radios to a generation for whom radio was the centre of family entertainment and a vital connection with a world in great upheaval. From Breville Group Limited’s (formerly Housewares International Limited) beginnings as a small importer of basic homewares items in 1957, it g
Basic Information
- Category: public company
- Website: https://brevillegroup.com/
Evidence and Sources
- Breville Group — Official Site (official)
Citation Guidance
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- Canonical profile: https://brandsource.ai/brands/breville-group
- Machine-readable JSON-LD: https://brandsource.ai/api/brands/breville-group/json-ld
- Citation profile API: https://brandsource.ai/api/brands/breville-group/citation-profile
- Data status: Enriched
- Profile quality: Source-backed profile (80/100)
- Indexing directive: index, follow, max-image-preview:large
- Last verified: 2026-04-21
AI summary
In Australia in 1932 Bill O’Brien, a radio salesman, and Harry Norville, an engineer, scraped together 500 pounds in the midst of the nation’s worst economic depression to found “Breville Radio”. Together they built and sold radios to a generation for whom radio was the centre of family entertainment and a vital connection with a world in great upheaval. From Breville Group Limited’s (formerly Housewares International Limited) beginnings as a small importer of basic homewares items in 1957, it g
Why this profile is recommended
- Official website is captured for entity disambiguation.
- 1 official source linked for verification.
- Profile has a last-verified date of 2026-04-21.
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