Australians love a good, healthy tan, and nobody knows that more than Bondi Sands co-founder and CEO Shaun Wilson. The company, which controls more than half of the Australian self-tan market, has been acquired by Japanese-owned multinational, Kao Group, for almost $450 million. Wilson told Forbes Australia‘s, Jane Lindhe, that he’s been in discussions with […]
Nick Humphreys and brothers Alex and Anthony Zaccaria co-founded Linktree: a tool allowing social media users to share multiple links on their profiles. It was last valued at about $2 billion. Alex Zaccaria had just convinced a co-working space provider to let himself and Linktree co-founders Anthony Zaccaria and Nick Humphreys use the area as […]
After slowing down last year, venture capital deals for Australian startups look even scarcer in 2023. But not all sectors are equal, with some more favoured than others. Data journalist Juliette O’Brien takes the pulse of this country’s startup ecosystem and reveals where the money is flowing. It’s been a sluggish start to 2023 for […]
Software company ReadyTech was bootstrapped for its first five years by backpacker co-founder, Marc Washbourne. Today, the ASX-listed company with a market cap of $350 million employs 500 people around the globe. Washbourne explains how those tough early years primed the business for success. Marc Washbourne was a twenty-something history graduate and self-taught software developer […]
Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation and the US State Department are backing a syndicate of indigenous Australian venture capital investors aiming to focus on seeding First Nations startups. The launch of Blak Angels by Minderoo comes hot on the heels of the announcement last week that the Forrests had donated a further $5 billion […]
Lisa Nguyen has been called everything from a drug dealer to a “crazy woman” since launching the country’s first female-led medicinal cannabis business. The skepticism has been worth it as the industry grows and more patients have legal access to medicinal, doctor-prescribed cannabis, she says. Issue Five of Forbes Australia is out now. Tap here for […]
In 2022, millions of Australians had their data accessed by hackers via two major cyber-attacks: Optus in September and Medibank in October. The havoc continued when 14 million personal customer records were stolen from Latitude Financial. Since then, the Australian government has announced changes to beef up Australia’s cyber security. “Sorry too 10.200 Australians whose […]
Miranda Kerr made her modelling debut in 1997 at just 13 years of age and by 2013 was the second-highest earning supermodel in the world. In 2009, Kerr became a pioneer of the now multibillion-dollar organic skincare industry, launching KORA Organics. Months after turning 40, the girl from Gunnedah is committed to growing her business […]
In an exclusive interview with Forbes, cover girl, Dior Beauty muse, mother of the world’s richest man, Maye Musk opens up on raising a child prodigy and a life that most could only dream of – but it hasn’t always been full of luxury, glamour and success. The famous septuagenarian shares her poignant story in […]
Sabri Suby launched King Kong in 2014 with $50 and a laptop. Today, it’s one of the country’s fastest-growing companies – and he plans to take on the world’s biggest ad players. 38-year-old Sabri Suby answers a Zoom call waving a bobblehead of himself in front of the camera, which he admits is a fairly […]