Forbes Australia Issue 19

Beyond the $24 billion deal: How Robin Khuda bet everything on the cloud – and won

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He nearly lost everything chasing a hyperscale data centre dream. Eight years later, Robin Khuda sold AirTrunk in Australia’s largest private equity buyout, joining the billionaire class while reshaping the region’s cloud future.  

This story appears in Issue 19 of Forbes Australia, out now. Tap here to secure your copy.

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Robin Khuda on the cover of Forbes Australia Issue 19.

It was a few days before Christmas, 2016, when Robin Khuda, founder and CEO of data centre start-up AirTrunk, rang his lawyer, Shane Bilardi. 

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