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Dom Pym has founded more than 22 companies, but you probably only know him as the guy who built neobank Up.

‘If we lose everything, we can just get a regular job’

From a childhood that was “pretty tough” in parts, Dom Pym founded 22 companies including neobank Up, which he sold for $116 million. Now he wants to elevate Australia’s venture ecosystem.

  • Yolanda Redrup
Imagine this but spookier: the Cannon-Brooke mansion is Double Bay’s favourite trick-or-treat haunt

Cannon-Brookes mansion hosts Double Bay Halloween

On Thursday evening, hundreds of pint-sized local ghouls descended upon the erstwhile couple’s estate, to partake of candy.

  • Myriam Robin
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Chanticleer’s 10 legends of marvellous Melbourne

Melbourne has always been Chanticleer’s spiritual home. As part of the column’s 50-year celebrations, we name 10 big characters from the past five decades. 

  • James Thomson

October

How these Young Rich Listers celebrated their own 21st birthdays

To mark the 21st anniversary of the list, we ask notable Young Rich Listers past and present what their lives were like at 21.

  • Yolanda Redrup, Lauren Sams and Matthew Drummond
From left: Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht; Natasha Oakley (front); Georgia Contos; James and Robbie Ferguson.

Australia’s richest people 40 and under break record

The Young Rich List, now in its 21st year, set a new high for total wealth of $41.7 billion in 2024, dominated by technology entrepreneurs and retailers.

  • Yolanda Redrup
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Crypto billionaire Tim Heath has an estimated worth of $2.27 billion.

Crypto casino Rich Lister victim of attempted kidnapping

Billionaire Tim Heath was attacked in his home in Estonia in July by a group of foreign nationals who attempted to abduct him.

  • Yolanda Redrup

How Jason Daniel went from ‘loose kid’ to the Young Rich List

The LSKD founder always pushed boundaries as he built his activewear company. Now he’s chasing a $1 billion target.

  • Carrie LaFrenz
John Ilhan at Crown Towers in Melbourne in the early 2000s.

From Crazy John’s to Canva, here’s to 21 years of the Young Rich List

Created in the shadow of the dotcom bust, the Young Rich List has unearthed waves of our best entrepreneurs, and been witness to a few busts.

  • James Thomson
Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht, Ed Craven; Sam Prince, James Ferguson, Robbie Ferguson.

The 10 richest young Australians revealed

The Young Rich List, now in its 21st year, has uncovered how the wealthiest Australians aged 40 and under are building their fortunes.

  • Yolanda Redrup
‘Leather jacket? Don’t even think about it’: Melbourne’s The Australian Club

Australian Club cracks down on phones, leather jackets

Dire times at Melbourne’s elite Australian Club, where newish club president Charles Henry is doing all he can to maintain slipping standards.

  • Myriam Robin

The brothers making a fortune revolutionising healthcare with AI

Aengus and Dimitry Tran’s Harrison.ai wants to help 1 million people every day through its AI diagnostic technologies.

  • Yolanda Redrup

Meet the 17 new faces on this year’s Young Rich List

Technology entrepreneurs, retailers, musicians and sports stars are among this year’s debutants.

  • Yolanda Redrup

The real cost of being a Young Rich founder

Many successful entrepreneurs are glad they didn’t know what they were in for, as it would have discouraged them from taking a rocky, albeit rewarding path.

  • Yolanda Redrup

The secret to raising hundreds of millions like these Young Rich

Entrepreneurs on the Young Rich List have raised more than $US3.6 billion in funding from venture capital and private equity. Here are their top tips.

  • Yolanda Redrup
Sabri Suby in his sauna. “The ice bath is forced meditation – it’s all about the breathing and it 
really centres you. It quietens the chatter and cleans the slate.”

Why this Young Rich Lister swears by a daily ice bath and sauna

Sabri Suby’s nightly sauna and ice bath routine might sound like an ordeal, but he calls it “forced meditation”.

  • Michael Bailey
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Jon Adgemis: still winning

Jon Adgemis’ CFO voted into rich Sydney council

Alexander Andruska has described himself as the CFO “of a group that has several businesses in NSW and Victoria”. That is, Adgemis’ JAGA Group.

  • Myriam Robin

From Trump to Khuda: secrets of Australia’s most-connected director

Mark Barnaba has an uncanny ability to forge close personal relationships that turn into long-term and lucrative business opportunities.

  • Jennifer Hewett
The Geneva skyline with the Jet d’Eau fountain in the centre.

A tour of the weird places the global elite hide wealth

A new book explores the ‘special zones’ created to bring in money and industry.

  • Jordan Weissmann
Alisdair Faulkner, who founded and sold ThreatMetrix, is now running cyber firm Darwinium.

He sold his firm for $1b, but believes the next can be 10 times bigger

Tech guru Alisdair Faulkner went from being a “crocodile country” coder to selling little-known ThreatMetrix for a landmark sum. He now has greater ambitions.

  • Yolanda Redrup
Richard White can count on Andrew Bragg. But Phil Chronican is out.

NAB no longer hosting Richard White

No man is an island – not even a billionaire. All have some vulnerability to the headlines, even when seemingly determined to ride them out.

  • Myriam Robin

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/wealth/people