This Month
WiseTech shareholders just one cheeseburger away from the void
Richard White’s blind confidence in his own understanding of people – learned from those psychology books he recommends to women on LinkedIn – is deeply misplaced.
Comeback king: Can Richard White stay in charge at WiseTech?
This week on The Fin podcast, senior reporter Max Mason and Chanticleer columnist James Thomson on WiseTech’s tumultuous five months and Richard White’s rebound.
Richard White’s accuser secures assistance of Anti-Slavery Australia
The woman who has accused WiseTech Global’s chairman of providing her with a visa in return for sex has been assisted by lawyers at the specialist legal centre.
February
White’s return as executive chairman puts ‘key man risk’ in play
Shareholders have been told to “exit stage left” if they have any doubts over Richard White’s ability to lead WiseTech.
ASIC says it is making ‘preliminary inquiries’ into WiseTech
The comments from the regulator came after the software giant’s founder, Richard White, returned as executive chairman despite a board review into his conduct.
WiseTech’s billionaire founder sells $200m in shares in two months
Richard White offloaded the stock in the midst of turmoil at the company which ultimately led to the exit of four independent directors earlier this week.
The secretive billionaire who has had Richard White’s back for 20 years
WiseTech director and major shareholder Charles Gibbon has always been known as the master of the exit. How will he navigate WiseTech’s latest governance saga?
Tech bros share the riches (with their lawyers)
Lawyers are cashing in on the legal scandals rocking the start-up world, but it’s tougher for those footing the bill on the other side to the founders.
‘I am WiseTech’: How Richard White regained control of his company
On one side was a group of independent directors with their reputations on the line. On the other, a powerful founder with everything to lose.
WiseTech investors split as board quits en masse over Richard White
The software firm’s chairman and three directors have quit citing “intractable differences” over the billionaire businessman’s continuing role at the company.
The billionaire, his lawyer wife – and the secrets of their explosive relationship
Richard White says he would “take a bullet” for his wife but many of the billionaire’s long-time friends are unhappy about the marriage and the couple’s volatile history.
WiseTech founder exits private property deals as board in crisis talks
Richard White has pulled out of three controversial property developments as WiseTech directors mull governance issues following more allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
WiseTech shares halted as board discusses ‘matters of governance’
The software firm’s board has been considering a number of allegations against the company’s founder and largest shareholder, billionaire Richard White.
WiseTech founder accused of helping employee for sexual favours
A former employee is suing the billionaire, claiming he engaged in “unlawful conduct for sexual gratification”, but he says the relationship was consensual.
Steel, aluminium hit; WiseTech founder sued; Trump’s real tariff motivation
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Former WiseTech employee sues software giant’s billionaire founder
Caroline Heidemann’s claims against Richard White and his wife Zena Nasser come as the firm confirms it is investigating two other “confidential complaints”.
‘I’ve been too trusting’: Richard White responds to new allegations
The software giant said last year that its founder would enter into a decade-long consulting arrangement. Four months later, they still don’t have a deal.
Richard White’s new entourage has an unlikely retail heir
WiseTech’s largest shareholder continues to attract a new brand of hanger-on.
January
WiseTech billionaire parties in Dubai with man who fled the country
Richard White and wife Zena Nasser celebrated with Mark Merhi, who left Australia after his real estate firm collapsed owing $80 million.
WiseTech rolls into a new year like nothing happened
Don’t discount how important culture is to a company whose value is in its people and products, not hard assets in the ground.