Sir Arvi Parbo should have been the poster boy for Australia's post-war immigration policy. A foreigner and outsider, he came to Australia with no family connections or advantages but rose to become one of our top businessmen.
Sir Arvi was born in Estonia in 1926. Like its neighbouring Baltic States, Estonia had a bad time in World War II, being successively overrun by the Soviet Union in 1940 and then Nazi Germany in 1941.
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Trevor Sykes writes on Business specialising in Mining, Energy, Shares. Trevor applies his acerbic wit to Australian business as Pierpont.
