This letter from our Editor-in-Chief featured in Issue 11 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. When I was interviewing Sam Mostyn on stage at the Forbes Women’s Summit in March this year, I had no idea it would be her final public appearance before being announced as the next Governor General six days […]
Xero’s Sukhinder Singh Cassidy on the hustle, the big bets and the hard decisions that took her from Tanzania to Silicon Valley, where she still lives while running the fourth-largest tech company on the Australian stock exchange. This article is featured in Issue 11 of Forbes Australia, on stands Monday, 17th June. Tap here to secure your […]
Samantha Mostyn – executive, serial board member and equality advocate – has led a life seemingly curated to make her an ideal head of state. But will the next governor-general be able to stay within the rails of vice-regal restraint? By Mark Whittaker & Sarah O’Carroll This article is featured in Issue 11 of Forbes […]
Five Australian companies made the long list of top 70 worst corporate crises to hit public companies over the last 40 years, while two made the unlucky top 13. Key Takeaways Rank Company Market Cap Loss ($ Billion) Revenue Loss ($ Billion) Percentage Loss Scandal Description 1 Insys Therapeutics NA NA 100% Opioid addiction crisis […]
Meg O’Neill was offsider to two ExxonMobil CEOs before she came to Woodside Petroleum – where she’s changed its name and its direction, but has she gone far enough? Meg O’Neill’s first four years with energy giant ExxonMobil were spent making waves and measuring their impact. Literally. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]
Jenny Child joined Australian fashion label Oroton in 2021 after a stint as a partner at McKinsey & Co. She explains the transition, what success looks like in her new role as CEO – and why she’d never let her calendar ‘eat’ her. Jenny Child will be speaking at the Forbes Australia Business Summit on […]
Forbes Australia Editor-in-Chief Sarah O’Carroll gives readers a sneak peek of what to expect from issue 10 of our magazine. This letter from our Editor-in-Chief was featured in Issue 10 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. IN 1963, a 30-year-old Harry Triguboff bought a block of land in one of Sydney’s lesser-known […]
Collecting failures and collecting skills were keys to her success, Tesla chair Robyn Denholm tells the Forbes Australia Women’s Summit. Robyn Denholm Career at a Glance As one of the most senior Australian women in the tech industry, Robyn Denholm said she had been a lifelong, and daily, collector of new skills, which she likened […]
Speaking for the first time since her tumultuous exit as the boss of Netball Australia, Kelly Ryan opens on the public challenges of trying to save an entire sport. This article was featured in Issue 10 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. In September 2022, Netball Australia had just laid bare its dire […]
American Charlie Bass made a fortune in Australian mining but is now giving away a million dollars a year trying to break the country’s ‘resource curse’ – making him a Senior Australian of the Year candidate. Charlie Bass remembers seeing a bunch of men in dusty work clothes sitting on the kerb in Kalgoorlie, mid-morning, […]