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Anastasia Santoreneos

Anastasia Santoreneos reports on innovation, technology, business and wealth. She also compiles Forbes Australia's lists. Email Anastasia at anastasia.santoreneos@forbes.com.au.

Most Googled Australians of 2025: Revealed

Australian health influencer Belle Gibson has topped Google’s list of most-searched public figures in the country, after Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ series detailing her cancer hoax hit screens earlier this year.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

How this trio are saving Australia’s pipes with a ‘ferret’ – and a $2 million cheque

After a pipe burst on Harrison Crowe-Maxwell’s street in 2019, he enlisted Long Tran and Shyeon Delnawaz to build and commercialise the ‘ferret’ – a 40cm autonomous bot that can crawl into underground pipes. With more than $2 million in capital, Puralink is at the forefront of a $5.26 billion opportunity.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

How Sophia Begg turned TikTok stardom into a multi-million-dollar brand 

With more than 2 million followers across Instagram and TikTok alone, you may mistake Sophia Begg, better known as @ sophadophaa_, for being just another influencer. She begs to differ. 

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor
Grace Toombs

How this 24-year-old is tackling Australia’s ‘dire’ women’s health gap

Grace Toombs’ own experiences with the Australian health system led to her launching Australia’s first at-home cervical screening test kit. Now, part of Startmate’s accelerator program, she’s looking to raise more capital to revolutionise all aspects of women’s healthcare. 

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

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How two grads built a $2 million fund for student startups – and there’s more to come

Mitchell Hughes and Jerry X’Lingson launched NextGen Ventures in late 2024 to invest in student founders. Backed by Blackbird’s Niki Scevak and dozens more LPs, NextGen is on a mission to make Australia the best place to build.   

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

The law student reshaping how disadvantaged teens reach university

Three years ago, 21-year-old Phoebe Britten founded a national not-for-profit that’s reshaping access to education for young Australians: Inspire Tomorrow Education. 

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor
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From high school gamer to 8-billion-view content king: Meet Lachlan Power

With over 15 million subscribers on his YouTube channel (and more than five billion views), Lachlan Power might be an Australian gaming sensation, but that’s not all.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

What Australia’s wealthiest are doing with their money

Australia’s high-net-worth population is growing – fast – and the wealthiest of those saw their portfolios rise across 2025 despite episodes of volatility, a new LGT Wealth Management Report shows.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

The Australian influencer couple seeking 7-figure cheque to turn AI ‘pink’

High-school-sweethearts-turned-startup-founders Scarlett Frazer and Iestyn Thomas are headed to Silicon Valley to raise funds in a bid to prove the future of AI is feminine.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor

Bruna Papandrea on the gap Big Little Lies uncovered in Hollywood

Bruna Papandrea says the television show she executive produced, Big Little Lies, revealed a long-overlooked gap in television: compelling, women-led stories.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor
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