Luana Lopes Lara, a 29-year-old co-founder of the prediction market Kalshi, is the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire. Her company, Kalshi, allows users to bet on the outcome of events like elections and pop culture happenings. This story features in Issue 21 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Luana Lopes Lara graduated from Massachusetts Institute […]
Hayden Stephens walked away from big law and risked financial ruin to reshape Australia’s class-action system – and win back hundreds of millions for underpaid workers. Before he ever stood in a courtroom, Hayden Stephens was pulling beers in a pub he had no business owning and interviewing survivors of childhood sexual abuse he was […]
What began as a solution to ill-fitting suits has grown into a $110 million platform, capturing human body data at scale. Now, Bodd is taking its technology into healthcare to power a new generation of data-driven care. This story features in Issue 21 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Defence, aviation, apparel, fitness, healthcare. On the surface, these […]
Forbes Australia picks out three Australian entrepreneurs who are making waves in the startup space right now. This story features in Issue 21 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Mustard Made Living on opposite sides of the world never stopped sisters Becca and Jess Stern from planning a future where they would build a business together. Visiting […]
After 20 years of lab work, a Queensland start-up has launched its hypersonic scramjet, to finish a job NASA started – and to take on SpaceX in the process. The last time NASA flew a scramjet – the fastest flight ever, at 9.6 times the speed of sound, in 2004 – Michael Smart was there […]
Fresh faces are shaking up the Forbes Australia 50 Richest list – self made, fast-moving and sometimes surprising. Meet the newcomers rewriting the rules of wealth and ambition in a rapidly changing economy. This story features in Issue 21 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Daniel and Will Roberts Daniel and Will Roberts built […]
It’s often slower and costlier, but for Sydney’s elite, the historic character of an old building is quietly becoming the ultimate luxury benchmark. We speak to the architects bringing their opulent visions to life. This story features in Issue 21 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. “It would have been millions cheaper and […]
AI is minting billionaires by the week. What’s interesting is not just the speed at which they’re making their money, but the sheer breadth of where the wealth is coming from. This story features in Issue 21 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. In 2025 alone, around 50 newly minted billionaires globally could […]
She’s been in the public eye since her teens, but Rita Ora isn’t interested in nostalgia. The British-Albanian singer, actor and entrepreneur has built a career on reinvention – one that spans chart-topping singles, film roles, fashion collaborations and her own beauty brand. Now, she’s entering a new phase. This story appears in Issue 20 […]
Data journalist Juliette O’Brien examines the numbers that show young Australians are rewriting the investment playbook, backing portfolios over property. Is this a structural shift in wealth building or a cycle driven by fashion and hype? This story appears in Issue 20 of Forbes Australia, out now. Tap here to secure your copy. With property prices soaring and […]