If you’re a longtime fan of The Block, you may be familiar with Danny Wallis, the mysterious businessman, and philanthropist who turns up on auction day to snap up his favourite properties – sometimes paying well above the median suburb price and bidding in peculiar increments, simply because he can.
Scotty Cam has referred to him as certified “The Block royalty”, but who exactly is Danny Wallis, and why does he love buying properties featured on the renovation reality show?
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Dubbed “The man who bought The Block”, by The Block Shop blog Insider Style, Danny bid on all five of The Block houses in 2020, eventually walking away with three of the five properties at a total cost of $11.8 million.
He then spent a total of $12.2 million at the 2021 auction and a whopping $14 million at the 2022 auction – including his record-breaking bid of $5,666,666.66 on house five.
Whilst we are still anxiously anticipating auction day for this year, Danny hinted to 2023 contestants Kyle and Leslie earlier this season during a challenge winner dinner that he was likely to purchase properties that were “simple.”
“Cleanly done, not cluttered, flowing floorplan, the less is better,” he told the couple, revealing what he was looking for in a house.
What does Danny Wallis do for a living?
Danny Wallis is an IT entrepreneur who founded the information communications technology services company DWS Limited in 1991.
He reportedly has a net worth of over $120m after selling DWS Limited in September 2020 to an Indian tech giant HCL Technologies for $126 million.
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What does Danny Wallis do with the houses he purchases on The Block?
Danny’s track record in the business world may be impressive, but the entrepreneur has never lost sight of the importance of giving.
In fact, many of the homes he has purchased on The Block over the years have been donated to charities, including Ronald McDonald House and My Room Children’s Cancer Charity.
This article was originally published on our sister site Home to Love.
