Travers beynon biography

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Travers Beynon was born on the 6th March 1972 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the son of Trevor Benynon and his wife Sandra.
Travers Beynon is an Australian businessman, husband, father and playboy who lives on the Gold Coast and could well be Australia's best answer to Dan Bilzerian.

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Who is Travers Beynon? Australian ‘Candyman’ and FreeChoice tobacco empire heir who throws lavish parties

A SELF-styled Australian playboy nicknamed Candyman is taking social media by storm with his outrageous tales of hard partying.

Travers Beynon holds an annual extravaganza at his Queensland home, also known as the Candyshop Mansion — but what do we know about him?

Who is Travers Beynon?

Born in Melbourne in March 1972, Beynon is the heir and managing director to the FreeChoice tobacco empire.

Founded by his parents Trevor and Sandra, who live on the Gold Coast, the company runs more than 200 stores around the country.

Beynon attended Clairvaux College, a boy's school on Brisbane's south side with the motto 'Christ is Our Life' for some of his high school years.

He was apparently a "bogan with a mullet" in school - similar to a Chav - and a bit of a troublemaker.

What does Travers Beynon do for work?

Beynon used to be an Aussie Rules footballer and started his career at Southport Sharks Football Club on the Gold Coast.

He was dra

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EXCLUSIVE: From loudmouth schoolboy to Candyman: How a wannabe soccer star with a mullet transformed himself into a high-end fashion model who married Miss World ... and is now Australia's Hugh Hefner

He now calls himself 'The Candyman' and is an Instagram sensation known for his flash cars, lavish parties with bikini babes and infamously leading his wife around by her bikini string.

And after a stir of controversy this week - including a spat with Los Angeles 'King of Instagram' Dan Bilzerian - Gold Coast tobacco tycoon Travers Beynon has accrued more than 200,000 followers.

But before the social media notoriety, he wasn't always known as a party king.

He was a 'massive bogan with a massive mullet' at high school, an AFL draftee, a globe-trotting high-end fashion model, the husband of a Miss World, a divorcee, a wealthy businessman and a property mogul.

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'The Candyman': Tobacco tycoon Travers Beynon (centre) is pictured with some of his entourage

Growing up: 'The Candyman' attended Clairvaux College in Brisbane's south (pictured in his Year

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Travers Beynon is an Australian businessman, husband, father and playboy who lives on the Gold Coast and could well be Australia’s best answer to Dan Bilzerian. He also lives in what he has dubbed “The Candy Shop Mansion,” with his wife, children and girlfriends and has earned himself the nickname “The Candy Man.”

So, who is Travers Beynon, what is his net worth, who is his wife and what exactly goes on in his house? Read on to find out.

Travers Beynon Quick Facts

Who Is Travers Beynon?

Travers Beynon is an Australian businessman who was born in Melbourne, Australia to parents Trevor and Sandra Beynon on the 6th of March 1972. His parents founded Freechoice Australia, which is now the leading tobacconist franchise in Australia with 294 stores nationwide. Travers now runs the company as Managing Director.

Travers is said to have attended Clairvaux College in Brisbane and played AFL (Australian Rules Football), eventually joining the Southport Sharks Football Club on the Gold Coast. Travers was signed by the North Melbourne Kangaroos for the 1989 season, but a back injury saw