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$30b Chemist Warehouse deal seals founders’ legacy. Now for the hard bit

Jack Gance and Mario Verrocchi have built one of Australia’s great retail brands. Bringing it into a listed environment is a fresh challenge.

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Founders have been getting a bit of bad press lately, but there’s no getting away from the fact that outside of mining and banking, Australia’s economy is built on stories of from-the-ground-up business success.

On Thursday, a new chapter of one of the great entrepreneurial tales of the past 50 years began.

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James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com

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