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Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins built Promise into a $520 million powerhouse by helping municipalities and utilities collect unpaid bills with zero-interest payment plans. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. April Bingham, Director of Richmond, Virginia’s Department of Public Utilities, was worried. During the pandemic, as consumers struggled to pay […]
Few mutual fund managers can come close to this former Legg Mason portfolio manager’s 15-year market-beating record. Below he discusses lessons he has learned, plus his firm’s top ten holdings. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. In the pantheon of successful mutual fund managers, Peter Lynch is […]
Luis von Ahn, who grew up with little money in Guatemala, aims to transform the popular language-learning app into an automated AI tutor. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Sitting in Duo’s Taqueria, a dimly-lit upscale Mexican restaurant in Pittsburgh, Luis von Ahn contemplates the end of […]
Forbes Australia has identified some of the most promising entrepreneurs making waves in the current startup scene. ‘Quick Takes’ featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Mentorloop Childhood friends Heidi Holmes and Lucy Lloyd founded Mentorloop in 2016 after recognising a gap in the market for an easy way to […]
Race days are some of the last events where we’re expected to dress conservatively – but still be fashion forward. Stewart Hawkins speaks with Angela Belle McSweeney, a fashion doyenne, and a director of the Australian Turf Club about why and gets some style tips. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here […]
The Artura Spider takes McLaren’s history and thrusts it into the future. It signals that it is not just playing catch-up with hybrid technology but setting the pace. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Nine million dollars. That’s the combined cost of the 14 brand new McLaren […]
The highlight of Spring racing in Australia has long been Victoria’s Melbourne Cup. But Randwick’s TAB Everest race is champing at the bit to take that crown. Stewart Hawkins talks to a leading breeder and one of the world’s largest sports betting companies to get their take on how this race – the brainchild of […]
When the co-founder of Dropbox, Drew Houston, was named on Forbes’ inaugural 30 Under 30 list in 2012, he said: “It felt like getting drafted into the big leagues. Being on 30 Under 30 helped raise Dropbox’s visibility.” Today, Houston is still CEO of Dropbox, which went public in 2018 and boasts a market cap […]
The Australian story behind PsiQuantum, the Silicon Valley unicorn that received almost $1 billion of taxpayer money to build a quantum computer in Brisbane. This story featured in Issue 12 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Professor Andrew White could tell his postdoc student had itchy feet. It was 2004, and they’d […]
Data journalist Juliette O’Brien digs into Australia’s mineral resources to find the opportunities that await the country in a greener world. This story featured in Issue 12 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. The world’s transition to clean energy relies on critical minerals. (Chart 1). Wind turbines, which power eight per cent of the world’s electricity, need copper, zinc […]