How Bodd turned a tailoring problem into a $110 million health data business

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 […]

Quick Takes: Three Australian entrepreneurs to watch – Issue 21

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 […]

Hypersonix

Australia’s hypersonic ‘bus to space’ launched successfully at Mach 5

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 […]

The Australian startup trying to clean up fashion’s dirty secret

Clothes may change every season, but the way they’re coloured hasn’t kept up. One Australian company is attempting to rebuild textile dyeing from scratch. This story features in Issue 21 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. For decades, the global textile industry has quietly relied on the same water-soaked, energy-hungry processes to colour […]

Meet the newcomers on Australia’s 50 Richest List

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 […]

A word from our Editor-in-Chief: AI shakes up the rich list

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 […]

Why the heirs to the Snow fortune are parting with a $200 million architectural masterpiece

Terry Snow, one of Australia’s wealthiest people, died a year and a half ago, leaving behind a business empire and unique legacies. One was his passion project, an other his commitment to giving people less fortunate than himself a fair go. Stewart Hawkins spoke to the family’s next generation about why they’re in the process of selling one, but totally committed to […]

Neara

Unicorn watch: Meet Australia’s newest billion-dollar company

What began as a tool to troubleshoot power grids has pushed Neara into unicorn territory, as booming data centre demand reshapes how electricity networks are planned and supplied. Key Takeaways Big number 945 terawatt hours. That’s how much energy the world’s data centres are forecast to be chewing up by 2030, compared to about 415 […]