Business owners are finding new ways to give their staff a piece of the pie, but Australia is lagging on employee ownership. This article features in Issue 12 of Forbes Australia – out Monday, 12 August. Tap here to secure your copy. Janna DeVylder walked into a meeting with a big corporate mergers-and-acquisitions guy who […]
Shards are tumbling from the glass ceiling, as top female CEOs outearn their male counterparts. Data journalist Juliette O’Brien finds the women and companies which are leading the way – with a BIG caveat – a woefully disproportionate CEO-gender ratio. This article was featured in Issue 11 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. […]
Melanie Cooper, first female chair of Coopers Brewery, on keeping the largest Australian-owned beer maker in the family. This article was featured in Issue 11 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Coopers Key Facts Melanie Cooper grew up over the road from the family business in Leabrook, Adelaide, and would spend time mucking […]
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 […]