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 […]
Those around her at the time told Hannon Comazzetto that leaving her EY consulting role to launch a startup was risky. But her determination to solve the global fast-fashion waste problem outweighed the risks, and in 2018 she founded Airrobe, a platform dubbed the Airbnb of clothing. Hannon Comazzetto is in Australia for a short […]
Financial crime experts say that money launderers will continue to buy up Australian real estate until legal loopholes are addressed. However, opinion is divided as to how to solve the problem. Subscribe to Forbes Australia for full access to this and all articles today Subscribe Already a subscriber? Sign In
Twitter’s former boss picked Jay Graber to create a spinoff called Bluesky that lets users control their online identities, and it is about to hit the market. Elon Musk won’t play along, but he is providing an opening for the project nonetheless. Key Takeaways Lantian “Jay” Graber’s mother grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution—a […]
Paddy Neumann’s innovative satellite thruster will be launched into orbit in coming months. His company announced its first sale last week for a revolutionary scheme funded by the US Space Force to turn space junk into fuel. And he can trace the origin story back 65 million years. Paddy Neumann got into space via dinosaurs. […]
As thousands of spectators gather at Albert Park for this weekend’s Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix, Australian sports tech company Catapult is working tirelessly in the background, ensuring the country’s biggest motor race is as sophisticated and entertaining as possible. The preparation involved in this weekend’s Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix – from […]
A radical Aussie surf-park design promises a new wave of cheaper rides and higher real estate values. Aaron Trevis was messing around with the kids, skimming stones in a lake back of Brisbane in 2006, when he started showing off, lobbing ever larger boulders for the splash. Trevis, a mining engineer and surfer who’d found […]
Can Samantha Johnson help reshape a sustainable Australian automotive landscape in a land obsessed with fuel-guzzling SUVs and light trucks? At face value, Samantha Johnson might not appear to be a natural choice as one of the most influential leaders in Australia’s burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) market. But her extensive career in the international multi-billion-dollar […]
Brothers Dimitry and Aengus Tran emigrated from Vietnam to Australia at just 14 and 22 respectively. Today, they are the co-founders of Harrison.ai, a medical technology company that aims to improve patient outcomes using artificial intelligence. In just three years, the pair have raised nearly $160 million and brought on major healthcare partners. But they […]
Michelle Battersby on creating a safe space for dangerous nipples. There was always a question in Michelle Battersby’s mind while she built the Australian business of the dating app Bumble. As the app went through a million Australian registrations, two million, then three million, the question remained: “Am I really good at this?” Or was […]