January
Pratt’s granddaughter married in lavish Raheen wedding
The lavish garden wedding at the Pratt family mansion took place on the same day another branch of the clan were fighting it out over the $23 billion family empire.
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- Patrick Durkin and Yolanda Redrup
Owners of cult charcoal chicken chain El Jannah flirt with a sale
The Estephan family founded the business in 1998, growing it from one store into dozens around the country. Their CEO has sounded out prospective buyers.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
November 2024
Signs you’re raising entitled brats (and how to avoid it)
Keeping children grounded and helping them understand the value of money is a perennial problem for wealthy parents. This dad reckons he has the answers.
- Michelle Bowes
October 2024
Three mansions, three mothers: Elon Musk’s secret family compound
As the billionaire warns of population collapse and the moral obligation to have children, he’s navigating his own complicated family, which includes 11 children.
- Kirsten Grind, Ryan Mac and Sheera Frenkel
September 2024
Andrew Hagger and Guy Debelle in new advisory firm for the ultra rich
The startup, Famille Capital, has been quietly building up a team over the past year.
- Primrose Riordan
Family trust: Inside the Pratts’ legal soap opera
Richard Pratt carefully designed a succession plan for his three children, Anthony, Heloise and Fiona. But even the best-laid plans can wind up in court.
- Max Mason and Patrick Durkin
August 2024
Anthony Pratt a witness to father’s love for half-sister: court claim
Billionaire Anthony Pratt and his sisters were witness to the “bonds of love and affection” between their late father and his “love child” Paula Hitchcock, claim new court documents.
- Patrick Durkin and Max Mason
June 2024
Nine tips for creating a successful family dynasty
Most dreams of creating a family dynasty are dashed within decades but a solid succession plan can save money and grief.
- Duncan Hughes
May 2024
Perth’s $150m club is among highest in the world
Perth, with a population of more than 2 million, has 64 centi-millionaires. That places it among the richest cities in the world by that measure.
- Harry Brumpton, Paul-Alain Hunt and Patrick Winters
March 2024
Inside the Queensland family office making 15pc
Meet a mango farmer managing billions who will back anything except private equity.
- Tom Richardson
February 2024
Wealthy families are trying something new – ditching the secrecy
There’s a new breed of private investment vehicle for the super rich. And they’re less interested in managing money out of view than making more of it.
- Primrose Riordan
The inheritance promise that will rip your family apart
Small businesses and farms are potential battlegrounds where future generations dispute verbal agreements about who gets what.
- Duncan Hughes
November 2023
‘It was great newspaper fodder’: Village Roadshow CEO on family bust-up
A family feud threatened to break their hold on the entertainment industry. But the Kirbys are staging an unlikely comeback, albeit with a smaller piece of their empire.
- Primrose Riordan
September 2023
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- Rich families
Why Australia’s wealthy hide their true riches from friends and family
But one Rich Lister warns not talking openly about wealth can end badly for relatives left behind.
- Primrose Riordan
August 2023
Going bananas: Australia’s biggest grower up for sale for $180m
The offering of Mackay Farming Group comprises nine farms in Tully and Lakewood that produce 13 per cent of the nation’s banana crop.
- Larry Schlesinger
June 2023
Vitamin maker Vitex flaunts $50m-a-year earnings, MacCap revives talks
It’s round two in family-owned vitamin manufacturer Vitex’s attempts to pin down a private equity investor.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
May 2023
Grollo gives ‘family discount’ on key Mt Buller lot
In a tight-knit mountain community, the purchase of an alpine piece of land breathes new life into the much-loved Grimus family hospitality business.
- Michael Bleby
‘Don’t care what other people think’: This founder’s key to success
Gabrielle Manning was climbing the ladder of a corporate career in the fashion industry until, in her early 30s, she and two of her sisters quit their jobs to go it alone.
- Julie-anne Sprague
Siblings create sparkling brand from dad’s diamond business
The Whiting family are bringing rare antique diamonds to Australia to make fine jewellery. And it all started with their “mad for rocks” father.
- Lauren Sams
April 2023
Blended family ‘bombshell’ threatens inheritance
Joint ownership of a property can mean the surviving spouse gets the family home, with nothing going to the other spouse’s children.
- Duncan Hughes