Today
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Here’s why Chemist Warehouse is really worth $32b
As Chemist Warehouse celebrates the $32 billion marriage with Sigma, it’s clear how vital the retail chain’s culture will be to the deal. Here are the secrets of that culture.
- James Thomson
This Month
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Healthcare billionaire doubles seaside spread
Businessman Dennis Bastas and wife Georgina will add the disputed Mornington Peninsula site to the adjacent lot they purchased in 2021 for $7.1 million.
- Michael Bleby
Billionaire Dennis Bastas has big plans to take MCoBeauty global
The businessman says the brand known for “duping” expensive popular products is the platform he needs to build a vast beauty empire.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Exclusive
- Company mergers
Billionaire swoops on $1b MCoBeauty cosmetics empire
Shelley Sullivan’s cosmetics and skincare brand has stirred controversy, but she’s having the last laugh with a deal said to be worth $500 million.
- Lauren Sams
January
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Six decades on, Solomon Lew sets Myer a $5b goal
The retail veteran is banking on big things from a department store icon that has been part of his life for 61 years.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
New Chemist Warehouse riches revealed: 53 investors worth over $50m
Exclusive analysis of the share registry has unveiled for the first time just how many millionaires its merger with Sigma will mint.
- James Thomson
James Packer dines with Trump, Elon Musk
New social media photos show the Australian billionaire seated with Elon Musk and the new president at dinner in Mar-a-Lago.
- Primrose Riordan
- Exclusive
- Victoria residential property
Alex Waislitz and Tim Gurner feud over luxury St Kilda tower
The wealthy businessmen are at loggerheads over problems at the Saint Moritz development. Mr Waislitz says Mr Gurner is trying to silence residents.
- Primrose Riordan and Sarah Thompson
- Exclusive
- Construction
Roberts Co names Emma Shipley MD, George Kostas as chair
The Rich Lister-owned building contractor gave little detail about the resignation of its previous CEO Matt Bourne just before Christmas.
- Michael Bleby
The billionaire, the mine, the minority stake and her lover
It’s 14 years since Gina Rinehart transferred ownership of a company to her late lover. The company controls a stake in her next big mine, but who controls it?
- Peter Ker
- Exclusive
- Commercial property finance
The secretive Saunders family is going all in on lending to the rich
The late John Saunders founded Westfield with Frank Lowy. The family investment vehicle sees plenty of opportunities in helping the cash-strapped wealthy.
- Primrose Riordan
December 2024
The top AFR Magazine reads of 2024
From what Rich Listers teach their kids to why Saudi Arabia is luring so many Australians, here’s a collection of some of our best-read features this year.
Rich Lister charged in park asbestos contamination
Arnold Vitocco’s family company owns chocolate chain Max Brenner and is credited with building Liverpool in Sydney’s west. He is now charged with environmental crimes.
- Rohan Sullivan
- Exclusive
- Property development
James Packer-backed $400m Toorak project gets the green light
Developer Orchard Piper has won an appeal against a council decision regarding its eight-level project on the site of a former Mercedes-Benz dealership.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Opinion
- Governance
I sent Andrew Forrest 50 hard questions. He invited me to have a talk
After months of reporting, and only carefully worded written responses from Fortescue, I found myself with the iron ore billionaire on the company jet in the Pilbara.
- Primrose Riordan
- Exclusive
- Governance
Fortescue executive chairman Andrew Forrest in his own words
After The Australian Financial Review sent 50 questions following an investigation, the iron ore billionaire and green energy advocate sat down for an interview.
- Primrose Riordan
- Investigation
- Governance
Inside the ‘unending chaos’ at Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue
After a frenetic world tour, the billionaire had to wind back his hydrogen plans. A Financial Review investigation looks at what led to an exodus of executives.
- Primrose Riordan
- Exclusive
- Rich List
Late billionaire David Hains’ sons go their separate ways
People close to the family said that the split of assets was amicable. One son of the pioneering hedge fund manager has quietly started his own family office.
- Primrose Riordan
How a billionaire and government saved a key Sydney theatre
Griffin Theatre Company gave the world Cate Blanchett and David Wenham, but a soaring budget for a much-needed rebuild almost took it away.
- Updated
- Michael Bailey
November 2024
- Exclusive
- Capital raising
Billionaire John Van Lieshout backs sustainability investor Infragreen
Infragreen has secured a $40 million investment from Rich Lister John Van Lieshout’s fund to acquire a peaking power plant.
- Yolanda Redrup