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 […]
Wendy McCarthy AO is a businesswoman, activist, author and former university chancellor. Her numerous professional associations span the public and private sectors and international aid. She reflects on a life’s work in the public eye. Wendy McCarthy will be speaking at the Forbes Women’s Summit in Sydney on March 22nd. When Wendy McCarthy AO […]
Former Foreign Minister and Deputy Liberal Leader, Julie Bishop, will lead a conversation with former US President Barack Obama in Sydney and Melbourne later this month. Former US President Barack Obama will travel to Sydney and Melbourne later this month to discuss the topic of “strength in leadership”, offering insights into his time as Commander […]
Australian model and founder of KORA Organics, Miranda Kerr, never thought of herself as an entrepreneur when she launched her skincare label back in 2009. Fast-forward nearly 15 years, it’s stocked in 30 countries and shipped to over 160. She sits down with Forbes Australia ahead of her appearance at the Forbes Australia Women’s Summit […]
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 […]
How two colleagues went from whiteboard to 25 countries with their sunscreen beauty brand Ultra Violette So what do you do when you’ve got an idea for a new business, but the one person in the world you’d want to start that business with is your boss? Ava Matthews says she doesn’t have much of […]
Architect James Davidson wants to move the dial faster on making homes safer, insurance cheaper and enabling communities to rebuild better when nature devastates cities and regions. Australia has always seen extreme natural events, doused with flooding rains, burnt by bushfires, scorched by drought and buffeted by cyclones and dust storms that smother regional areas […]
Boxer Danny Green’s punt on boxing-based fitness is paying off as his franchise goes global. Long before he got involved in UBX, boxer Danny Green’s father would tell the four-time world champ, “Mate, set things up for life after boxing before you finish boxing.” So, towards the end of his career, in 2014, Green was […]