This Month
Industrial salt the next hot commodity? Kerry Stokes is hoping so
BCI Minerals’ Mardie project in the Pilbara is backed by the billionaire and AustralianSuper and will be country’s first major new salt operation in decades.
Billionaire bust-up spells trouble for decades old mining empire
The two octogenarian founders of global commodities giant AMCI have had a bitter falling out, and it has paralysed one of Australia’s most successful miners.
May
Billionaire Stokes family check out the up-for-sale Whyalla steel mill
SGH Limited would be a left-of-field bidder for the plant, owned by Sanjeev Gupta until the South Australian government seized it earlier this year.
Ryan Stokes opens black box to reveal his target hit list
’Tis the season for strategy days. But don’t be fooled, they’re not all created equally.
Shayne Elliott final goodbye with ANZ friends
The departing CEO took hundreds of selfies as he left for the final time.
April
Inside the fortune Kerry Stokes (quietly) made in China
The businessman is best known for his investments in television and newspapers. But a decades-long approach to backing the Asian powerhouse is paying dividends.
February
Victoria’s busted economy is profit season’s sneaky big shock
Beneath the wild share price moves, a stunning narrative has emerged from reporting season about one of Australia’s most critical economic growth engines.
Boral earnings bonanza lifts Stokes family’s SGH to bumper payout
The industrial conglomerate will reward shareholders after a rise in Boral profits. It took the massive building supplies business off the ASX in July.
What we learnt: The ASX giant that can’t excite investors
CSL consistency isn’t winning over investors, Ryan Stokes explains the new dump truck dance, and Macquarie’s return on equity puzzler.
Ryan Stokes declares Victoria in ‘recession’ as investment flees
Ryan Stokes has SGH’s profit margins humming, even despite Victoria’s stalled economy and unending housing supply drought.
Beach CEO doubles down on gas strategy amid heightening Vic crisis
Brett Woods has said several parties are interested in joining Beach for power generation after the company disappointed the market with its dividend and outlook.
December 2024
The simple ways top CEOs find balance in their lives
The first step to achieving work/life balance is realising how hard it is. These bosses have some easy tips to start with.
‘Australia is falling behind’: 55 CEOs demand election action
Top chief executives say the next federal government must make the nation’s crippling regulatory burden and housing supply top priorities.
Australia’s 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2024 revealed
Macquarie Group’s Shemara Wikramanayake is Australia’s best-paid CEO for the fourth year in a row.
Ryan Stokes out-works, out-earns rivals to take SGH to new highs
The SGH chief, one of The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year for 2024, is renowned as one of the hardest-working CEOs in Australian big business.
Humble starts, billion-dollar deals unite Business Person of the Year winners
Founders of Chemist Warehouse Jack Gance, Sam Gance and Mario Verrocchi, and AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda take the top prize for 2024.
November 2024
From one wheelbarrow and a ute to a $437m ASX listing
Symal Group founder Joe Bartolo started from humble beginnings in 2001 to build his construction group into a large enough player to float on the exchange this year.
October 2024
Stokes backs nuclear, and free electricity for those who live near it
Chief executive of Seven Group Holdings Ryan Stokes says the nation must consider nuclear energy as a baseload power source.
September 2024
Investors in Vik Bansal’s biogas side hustle are up 85pc
The Boral CEO is also chairman of ASX-listed biogas group LGI, which has 32 waste landfill sites and supplies electricity into the grid when returns are highest.
Seven West Media stokes tension behind the scenes at Seven Group
The broadcasting and publishing empire accounts for just 0.6 per cent of the broader conglomerate’s total assets. It accounts for much more of its problems.