This Month
This billionaire started his company to avoid paying bank fees
Kristo Käärmann found a cheap way to send British pounds to his native Estonia. His solution now has 16 million global users.
- James Eyers
Author Anna Funder takes on her critics
Sydney Grammar School used Funder’s take on George Orwell’s wife to help its HSC students understand the author and his book,1984. Others are not so pleased.
- Emma Connors
LinkedIn is rotting our leaders, says Alan Joyce’s former speechwriter
Lucinda Holdforth reckons executives should focus on delivering results and ditch the bubble talk about authenticity and vulnerability.
- Myriam Robin
November
Anne Aly reinvented herself many times. And then came politics
If there is such a thing as a traditional path into parliament, Australia’s first Muslim federal female politician did not take it.
- Julie Hare
AFLW star Tayla Harris tells why she’s ready to sweep floors
Best known for the photo of that kick, the Melbourne Football Club player and boxer has fingers in many pies.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Bryan Brown celebrates two career firsts at the age of 76
The veteran actor is playing a prime minister and relishing his first novel being published.
- Lauren Sams
Why suing Qantas is just the start for ACCC’s Cass-Gottlieb
The corporate world thought the head of the competition regulator would be on its side but that’s not how it’s turning out.
- Hannah Wootton
October
Hockey reveals what it was really like to play golf with Trump
Former federal treasurer and ex-US ambassador Joe Hockey reflects on Donald Trump, the state of United States politics and the future of Australian businesses.
- Kylar Loussikian
Thwarting China is not in our interests says former intelligence chief
Eminent strategist Peter Varghese is concerned that policy substance has gone missing in action.
- James Curran
How sharemarket bets took this NBA champion from basketball to bitcoin
Sports champion and Young Rich Lister Matthew Dellavedova is investing his wealth in tech start-ups and crypto as he worries about central banks printing money.
- Tom Richardson
Fastest-selling debut novelist in Australia gets Netflix series
Journalist turned bestselling author Trent Dalton says he owes a huge debt to his hometown of Brisbane for turning his and his family’s life around.
- Updated
- Mark Ludlow
September
She was a Young Rich Lister. She hated it
Erin Deering was once one of the richest, young women in the country. It nearly broke her.
- Lauren Sams
Former Wallabies captain weighs in on Australian rugby’s darkest days
Team leader turned insurance chief executive Stephen Moore says tough decisions are required to make the sport competitive again in this country.
- Mark Ludlow
The CIA’s cyber warning for Australian miners
The agency’s former chief information security officer, Michael Mestrovich, has some frank advice for Australia about cybersecurity.
- Matthew Cranston
Stuart Laundy: ‘Gerry Harvey taught me everything about deals’
With a little help from the legendary retailer, he has become the dealmaking king of one of Australia’s true pub dynasties – and an occasional reality TV star.
- Larry Schlesinger
How to enjoy life even if you’re not on holiday
Sarina Bratton, an executive with French cruise company Ponant in the Asia Pacific region, knows how to party – and lobby.
- Fiona Carruthers
August
Meet Australia’s ethical arms dealer
Oleg Vornik fled Russia as a teen when his homeland took an authoritarian turn. Now he is helping Ukraine defend itself against Putin’s army.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Why this CEO is hot under the collar about an ‘envy tax’
Vicki Thomson’s career has traversed journalism, politics and universities. But she never forgets where she came from.
- Julie Hare
Silicon Valley star says it’s easier to find start-up success in Australia
Richard Joffe built and sold two successful tech companies in the US. He is now building well-backed Honey Insurance from Sydney and says some things are far less difficult here.
- Paul Smith
Square Peg co-founder Paul Bassat reveals his top three VC tips
The venture capitalist and tech founder has been up to his elbows in Australian business since the early 1990s, but admits he lacks one key VC skill.
- Jessica Sier
