This article first appeared September 26, 2011. One of the most striking aspects of the new ‘Young Rich’ list from BRW magazine is the numbe…
This article first appeared September 26, 2011. One of the most striking aspects of the new ‘Young Rich’ list from BRW magazine is the numbe…
And so we come to the end of another fascinating year following the wealthy of the world. If I had to pick a theme of 2011 it would be cauti…
The taxman is cracking down on boat owners, with the ATO undergoing a new data-matching campaign to identify more than 110,000 people who ow…
Falling iron ore prices have failed to prevent Gina Rinehart from retaining top spot on SmartCompany’s special end-of-year rich list. W…
Two fascinating studies on wealth in Australia within two days – it’s enough to make a former Rich List editor giddy. The first is a…
It’s been a rough few months for Nathan Tinkler, the man who earlier this year was named Australia’s youngest ever billionaire. The comp…
The mythical story I most love about the late Kerry Packer concerns the businessman who approached Packer in an airport lounge one day with …
Mark November 23, 2011 down as an important day in Australian rich list history. That was the day that Gerry Harvey finally took his retail …
Anthony Pratt, head of the $5 billion Visy Industries paper, packaging and recycling empire, has kept a relatively low profile since the dea…
The good times never last too long in the world of high finance. A few years ago, Wall Street hedge fund manager John Paulson was the ma…
A typical hall of power was once dominated by suits, harbour views, boardrooms and a hierarchal system of who gets what office. But then Lar…
It was early 2001 when Warren Buffett wrote to his shareholders with a message on the dotcom boom – his investment company Berkshire Hatha…
