Not all entrepreneurs are born with in-house mentors. But Blake Thompson, whose start-up XRecruiter topped this year’s The Australian Financial Review Fast Starters List, was immersed in business from childhood.
Thompson’s mother Amanda Thompson, and his father Simon, run Sophic, a premium haircare range, and previously started a business distributing natural non-toxic hair products.
Primrose RiordanAssociate editorPrimrose Riordan covers private companies and family offices from the AFR’s Sydney newsroom. Primrose was previously a correspondent for the Financial Times and covered foreign affairs and politics in Canberra. Message Primrose on Signal: https://tinyurl.com/PrimroseSignal Connect with Primrose on Facebook and Twitter. Email Primrose at primrose.riordan@afr.com
