| Business partner | Michael Jon Hand |
| Business partner | Bernie Houghton |
| Start Date | 1967-00-00 |
| Is Current | no |
| Notes | Joined Special Forces in 1963. As a Vietnam Green Beret (MAC-SOG), Hand won a Distinguished Service Cross for valor in Vietnam in 1964. Became a CIA contract fighter in 1966 in Northern Laos under Bill Colby’s direction where he led Montagnard soldiers (a.k.a. Hmong). In 1967 Hand finished the Laos CIA contract and moved to Sydney where he invested real estate (e.g. three G.I. R&R bars in Sydney’s King Cross red light area) with Bernie Houghton, a Texan with US intelligence ties. Hand co-founded Nugan Hand in 1973 with Frank Nugan. |