This Month
WiseTech allegedly misled investors over ‘aggressive’ earnings targets
In a new class action, Phi Finney McDonald alleges that shareholders in the software company suffered after it missed earlier profit guidance in 2020.
- Max Mason
October
WiseTech’s Richard White returns to the Dubai high life
Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison isn’t the only billionaire riding out a scandal from overseas.
- Max Mason
Remember the GFC in loan buffer debate
Letters from readers on cutting the 3 per cent serviceability buffer on home loans, a tax holiday for young people, AUKUS, Richard White, Lidia Thorpe and King Charles.
- Investigation
- Billionaires
How Richard White’s humble tech nerd image came undone
Why he clung on to his job at the top of WiseTech despite an $11 billion fortune as his personal life disintegrated is a question only he can answer.
- Max Mason, Kate McClymont and Nick McKenzie
Tech founders’ ‘rock star status’ trumps bullying accusations
Women across Australia’s technology sector say Richard White’s new role sends a clear message to the rest of the industry.
- Tess Bennett
- Opinion
- Governance
If the Tech Council had moral backbone, it would have sacked White
Richard White has not fully departed WiseTech, perpetuating the idea that tech companies need ‘brilliant jerks’. The Tech Council should have sacked him.
- Jessy Wu
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
WiseTech’s Richard White ‘fix’ just creates another problem
It’s hard not to suspect this fix provides the appearance of punishment, but shifts White into a role where his influence is just as great.
- James Thomson
- Updated
- Investigation
WiseTech chief executive Richard White quits amid scandal
The billionaire businessman will return as a full-time consultant on the same salary he enjoyed as chief executive of the company he founded three decades ago.
- Max Mason, Kate McClymont and Nick McKenzie
- Investigation
- Billionaires
Richard White gave $7m mansion to female WiseTech employee
But the billionaire businessman, who is the software firm’s chief executive, said he had disclosed the relationship before she started at the company.
- Updated
- Kate McClymont, Max Mason and Nick McKenzie
- Investigation
- Governance
WiseTech director’s scathing assessment of ‘bully’ Richard White
Christine Holman accused the software giant’s chief executive of intimidation, bullying and overseeing poor corporate governance as she quit in 2019.
- Nick McKenzie, Max Mason and Kate McClymont
White and Rogan abandon legal fight
A settlement believed to be in the millions of dollars has ended the court stoush between the WiseTech boss and the Sydney wellness entrepreneur who was once his alleged lover.
- Max Mason
- Exclusive
- Investigation
Billionaire Richard White’s WiseTech share sales to pay ex-wife
The businessman has previously said he was selling down his stake in the software giant he founded because investors were demanding shares be made available.
- Max Mason, Kate McClymont, Tess Bennett and Anne Hyland
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
WiseTech and MinRes are prisoners of their founders’ success
Investors love founders for their skin in the game and long-term thinking. But the dramas surrounding Richard White and Chris Ellison highlight the dark side of founder worship.
- James Thomson
- Exclusive
- Billionaires
‘LinkedIn Lecher’: WiseTech board to probe payments to CEO’s ex-lover
An investigation also reveals the businessman approached female entrepreneurs with offers of professional help that shifted into crude or suggestive language.
- Nick McKenzie, Max Mason and Kate McClymont
WiseTech’s billionaire boss Richard White digs in amid growing scandal
The founder of the logistics software giant says he is “laser focused” on the company despite allegations he wanted sex in exchange for a business investment.
- Paul Smith
WiseTech founder got married amid legal fight with alleged ex-lover
Richard White and former Sydney criminal lawyer Zena Nasser have tied the knot amid a year-long stoush with the tech billionaire’s former lover.
- Max Mason and Jonathan Shapiro
- Exclusive
- Courts
Richard White cancels Tech Council appearances amid legal stoush
The WiseTech chief executive is winding back his duties as a leader of Australia’s peak technology industry body.
- Max Mason
Richard White allegedly asked lawyer to break off billionaire’s affair
Letters filed with the Federal Court in an unrelated bankruptcy claim show his solicitor told Linda Rogan his client had made “alternative arrangements”.
- Max Mason, Jemima Whyte and Jonathan Shapiro
- Updated
- Courts
Richard White’s alleged lover claims he expected sex for investment
In documents filed with the Federal Court, the wellness entrepreneur said a business trip to New York changed when the billionaire booked only one hotel room.
- Updated
- Max Mason, Jemima Whyte and Jonathan Shapiro
- Exclusive
- Property market
Richard White and girlfriend welcome baby amid stoush with ex-lover
The year-long stoush with the Double Bay wellness entrepreneur spilled into the open after the WiseTech Global founder served her with a bankruptcy notice.
- Max Mason