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South African-born, Brisbane architect Shaun Lockyer has been creating buildings for more than 35 years, priding himself on making buildings that blend and enhance rather than dominate the landscape. This story features on the cover of Issue 22 – out now. Tap here to secure your copy or become a Forbes member here. Produced by Huw Reynolds. Shaun Lockyer […]
From squalid student digs to a nationwide property portfolio, Craig Carracher and Stephen Gaitanos have transformed Australia’s accommodation crisis into the nation’s largest purpose-built housing empire. This story features in Issue 22 – out now. Tap here to secure your copy. She opened the front door of the rundown old terrace house in North Sydney, he […]
Forbes Australia picks out three Australian entrepreneurs who are making waves in the startup space right now. This story features in Issue 22 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. estateXchange When Sarah Poole, NAB’s former head of deceased estates, began administering her mother-in-law’s estate, she was struck by how fragmented and manual the system […]
In 2001, 25-year-old Michael Dorrell packed his bags and set sail from Sydney for the streets of New York. He was one of six sent over by his employer, Macquarie Bank, with a clear mandate: buy up airports and tolls. This story features in Issue 22 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. The […]
From a 25-year-old Macquarie banker sent to crack America’s infrastructure market to the founder of a US$72 billion powerhouse, Michael Dorrell has quietly built one of the world’s most successful investment firms – and is now turning his sights back to Australia. This story features on the cover of Issue 22 – out now. Tap […]
From a bruising family buyout to a sustainability revolution, Yalumba’s Hill-Smith family is playing the long game. Robert Hill-Smith doesn’t shy from the word “ambush” to describe what he did with his cousins – his friends – when he gathered them at a house in the Yalumba “Compound” to tell them he wanted to buy […]
The crisis in Iran is changing how capital views defence industries – and Steve Baxter is saying “I told you so”. Steve Baxter’s Brisbane-based defence-focused fund, Beaten Zone, had managed to raise just over $14 million since launching in August 2023, but has pulled in $2.6 million since the US and Israel launched strikes on […]
Wikipedia and Fandom founder Jimmy Wales has distilled decades of building into seven rules. But the most important lesson came from getting it wrong. Before Wikipedia became a global phenomenon, there was Nupedia – an attempt to build a rigorously vetted online encyclopedia that, in a seven-step scrutiny process, required contributors to fax in their […]
Grace Forrest wants company directors and CEOs fined for failing to act on enslaved people in their supply chains. When you can buy a T-shirt for less than a sandwich, assume that slave labour has been used to make it, says Walk Free founder Grace Forrest. But even luxury goods should be presumed guilty, she […]
Australia ranks among the richest countries in the developed world. Data journalist Juliette O’Brien compares the country with its peers and finds a lopsided portfolio that leaves much of that wealth out of reach in daily life. This story features in Issue 21 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Australia occupies an enviable […]