AFR Classic | The HIH founder wasn’t worried about having “another” heart attack when Ruth Ostrow profiled him on July 29, 1985. He died of one three years later.
Laszlo Adler (aka Lawrence or just Larry) may have turned FAI Insurance into one of the most respected companies in the country with a prestigious listing on the London Stock Exchange besides BHP and Westpac, but the man remains incurably orthodox.
“When I was young, people described me as arrogant. Now they say I am what is the word when one is a bit peculiar? – eccentric,” he said, munching on a Quick Eze indigestion (“have one, they’re just peppermints”) from the 12th floor FAI Macquarie Street headquarters.
