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    July

    Carol Schwartz, Reserve Bank director and Trawalla Foundation chair, is advising the She Gives campaign to lift female philanthropy.

    Women called on to make nation more generous

    Total charitable giving in Australia is just 0.81 per cent of GDP, compared to 2.1 per cent in the US, and a new campaign is targeting women to turn it around.

    • Michael Bailey
    Carol Schwartz has been a powerful advocate for lifting female participation in the workforce and giving women a stronger voice in important political and social debates.

    Why women will supercharge philanthropy

    Australian women are poised to take charge of $3.2 trillion in the next decade. This will be the greatest wealth transfer in Australia’s history.

    • Carol Schwartz
    Frugal: WiseTech co-founder Richard White with girlfriend Zena Nasser.

    WiseTech’s Richard White tries it on

    In his mind, White abhors risk. He detests excess. And he is studiously monogamous to the company he founded. The reality is far different.

    • Myriam Robin
    Henrik Isaksson at the Sydney Game Fishing Club jetty in Watsons Bay. “The catching of the fish itself is fun, but it’s just part of the experience – there is no better way to experience nature.”

    This managing director caught a 300kg marlin – and threw it back

    During the week, Henrik Isaksson runs the local arm of podcasting giant Acast. On the weekend, he’s into casting of a very different kind.

    • Michael Bailey

    How exquisite timing and meditating shaped this Rich Lister’s fortune

    After deciding a career in law wasn’t for him, Kerry Harmanis turned to prospecting in WA. That decision led to the $3.1 billion sale of Jubilee Mines.

    • Julie-anne Sprague
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    Young Rich Lister and founder of LMCT+ Adrian Portelli.

    They’re young, rich, and in the French Riviera

    Cashed-up, glamorous young Aussies have descended on Saint-Tropez and Monte Carlo, spending their time on superyachts and at $1500-plus per night hotels.

    • Yolanda Redrup

    Cars, boats and houses won’t make you happy, says this Rich Lister

    Property developer Paul Blackburne landed on the Rich List with an estimated $536 million fortune. There’s a success trap entrepreneurs need to be mindful of, he says.

    • Julie-anne Sprague

    June

    Newington College

    Newington College chairman clocks up 17 years (and counting)

    There is nothing so compelling as private school politics.

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    • Myriam Robin
    An artist’s impression of the Forrest-backed plans for a boutique hotel at Cottesloe Beach in Perth.

    Forrests’ beachfront hotel plan dumped by council

    Plans by billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest for a boutique four-storey hotel near the beachside home they once shared have been rejected by a local council.

    • Brad Thompson
    Charlie Aitken of Bell Potter.

    Charlie Aitken nominates Shane Watson for Royal Sydney

    The two-time Allan Border medallist, famous all-rounder and cricket gear entrepreneur is on the June nominations list, alongside wife Lee.

    • Myriam Robin
    WiseTech co-founder Richard White.

    The Rich Lister who avoids risk at all costs

    Richard White wanted to be a rock ‘n’ roll star. He ended up developing software for companies in logistics and is now the 11th wealthiest person in Australia.

    • Julie-anne Sprague
    Steph Claire Smith went from ‘another coat hanger on the books’ to Young Rich Lister.

    A Young Rich Lister’s advice for founders wanting social media success

    How a back-of-the-napkin plan put fitness star Steph Claire Smith on the Young Rich List.

    • Julie-anne Sprague