Katie Page, 67, is the chief executive officer of Harvey Norman. She lives in Middle Dural, Sydney, and is No.38 on the 2024 Rich List with an estimated wealth of $3.39 billion.

When did you first get into William Shakespeare’s plays?
I studied Shakespeare at high school, like most other people. And I loved it from the start – the passion of the characters, their egos, the humanity of it all. Here I was, this Queensland country girl [Page was born in Mareeba, west of Cairns] and I could relate to this stuff written in England 400 years ago.