The education method that’s made this family millions
When Charles and Colette Assaf bought a Montessori childcare business in 2000, the IT entrepreneur never expected it would become his family’s future.
When Charles Assaf, an IT entrepreneur with a then fledging start-up, decided to buy a childcare centre in 2000 alongside his wife Colette, he had no inkling the small business in Sydney’s inner west would become a $250 million-odd enterprise.
Having immigrated to Australia from Lebanon when she was seven years old, Colette was in her early 20s when she discovered Maria Montessori’s education method when trying to find a kindergarten for her three young children.
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