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Kogan turns mounting pile towards tech start-ups
Growth in online retailing during lockdown made Ruslan Kogan hundreds of millions of dollars richer, and he believes the time is right to back the next generation of entrepreneurs.
- Paul Smith
BigCommerce founders bound for Rich List after sizzling IPO
From humble beginnings above a Rozelle phone shop, Eddie Machaalani and Mitchell Harper are set to burst on to the Financial Review Rich List with fortunes of about $650 million each.
- Michael Bailey
'Dad always wanted it': Why a sentimental Pratt chased glass deal
Richard Pratt long coveted Australia's biggest glass manufacturer. Now son Anthony has bought it and says he'll run it better than his dad's overbidders.
- Michael Bailey
Atlassian delays profit with big R&D, discounting spends
The Australian software giant is spending money to make money down the line.
- Michael Bailey
Hamish Douglass tops reshaped fundie Rich List
Hamish Douglass and Chris Mackay have usurped Kerr Neilson as the wealthiest funds managers in Australia after playing the pandemic better.
- Michael Bailey and Julie-anne Sprague
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July
Forrests outbid Indigenous group for WA cattle station
Andrew and Nicola Forrest have vowed to protect the environment and Aboriginal heritage after buying a vast landholding in Fitzroy Valley.
- Brad Thompson
Forrest buys cattle station near Rinehart, Stokes on Fitzroy River
Billionaire Andrew Forrest has struck a $30 million deal to buy prime cattle country in WA from American billionaire Edward Bass.
- Brad Thompson
Afterpay founders cash in as they race up the Rich List
Afterpay founders cash in on the booming success of their buy now, pay later company, bolstering their position on the Financial Review Rich List.
- Julie-anne Sprague and Michael Bailey
Brett Blundy blunders in on Honey Birdette's feuding founders
The retail billionaire should have asked whether the lingerie entrepreneurs were lovers, fellow venture capitalists say.
- Michael Bailey
Rich Lister Blundy blindsided by 'toxic' Honey Birdette break-up
The lingerie chain's estranged co-founder is suing the retail billionaire for $1 million in a trial with plenty of behind-the-scenes drama.
- Michael Bailey
June
Rich Lister Paul Blackburne's new definition of luxury
Like many business leaders, the three-month lockdown has taught Paul Blackburne things about himself and his business.
- Julie-anne Sprague
Cannon-Brookes said to drive away with Zoox profit
Driverless car maker Zoox, co-founded by Australian Tim Kentley-Klay, has reportedly been sold to Amazon for $1.45 billion after being valued as high as $4.5 billion.
- Michael Bailey
Canva prints a new billionaire
The graphic design platform's technical co-founder is the newest member of Australia's 'three comma club' after its latest raising at an $8.7 billion valuation.
- Michael Bailey
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Rich Lister makes near $1b punt on Perth property
What recession? This Rich Lister thinks Perth's property market is primed for a rebound.
- Julie-anne Sprague
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- Lessons from Lockdown
Tim Gurner's lockdown game changer
The Rich Lister reveals why 5.30am is the most productive part of his day and why he won't be doing much business travel when restrictions are lifted.
- Natasha Boddy
The Reject Shop pays off for Rich Lister as shares triple
A shift towards groceries and toiletries has paid off for The Reject Shop, with sales growing despite the record slump in discretionary spending.
- Sue Mitchell
May
Rich Lister winners and losers so far
With the fortunes of many billionaires tied up in equity, the past few months have been a wild ride and not everyone has come out on top.
- Julie-anne Sprague and Michael Bailey
Rental market hit by student exodus: Gurner
Tim Gurner says the treatment of foreign students by state and federal governments 'was incredibly poor' and its impact on the rental market will be huge.
- Larry Schlesinger
Data centre demand driving Robin Khuda towards the Rich List
The AirTrunk founder says the pandemic is accelerating trends towards business automation that will require the hosting of massive computing power in his facilities.
- Michael Bailey
Rich List Wu family makes e-sports play
The Financial Review Rich Listers behind the Nature's Care vitamin brand have diversified into another on-trend industry.
- Michael Bailey
Tourism gets ready for the 'dreaming to doing' phase
Industry veteran Brett Godfrey says it's important for everyone's confidence – business and consumers alike – to get deals out in the market.
- Fiona Carruthers
April
Aussie unicorn sees sales plunge then surge on 'rona rollercoaster'
After the initial COVID-19 panic saw its revenue drop 15 per cent in mid-March, Envato has seen demand bloom again as businesses seek digital sales.
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- Michael Bailey
Auto parts billionaire says bring car making back
Rich Lister Vivek Sehgal has a blunt message for the Morrison Government's new manufacturing taskforce.
- Michael Bailey
March
The new abnormal: businesses on the front line
"Unprecedented" does not capture half of what Harris Farm Markets, Jack Cowin and booksellers David and Robert Berkelouw have dealt with in the past week.
- Angus Grigg
Caravan sales soar as people flee cities
Rich Lister Gerry Ryan says the coronavirus has driven a caravan sales spike but still thinks a tough shutdown is in the best interests of lives and livelihoods.
- Michael Bailey
