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Meet the Rich Bosses who don’t have a boss

Meet the Rich Bosses who don’t have a boss

As tech and mining stocks boom, the number of executive chairmen on the Rich Bosses list is growing – even if the role still creates governance concerns. 

Kerry Stokes is executive chairman of Seven Group. Philip Gostelow

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They say everyone has a boss. But for a growing portion of Australia’s wealthiest executives, that’s not quite true.

The number of executive chairmen in the top 30 of this year’s Rich Bosses has jumped to seven, from five in 2020.

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James ThomsonColumnistJames 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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