Today
This top exec knows how burnout feels. It led him to his dream job
In his late 30s, Graham Kittle, managing partner of executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles in Australia, was on the career fast track. He was soon derailed.
From market stalls to supermarket shelves, this exec hit the jackpot
Hayden Brass knew his humble family business could be more. Now the founder of health and wellness company Zea is a 2025 BOSS Young Executive.
This Month
Only 3 women are on the Rich Bosses list. There might be a reason
The dearth of female leaders among the ASX’s wealthiest executives may say less about the glass ceiling and more about company ownership structures.
Australia’s great CEO reshuffle isn’t slowing down
A growing number of ASX 200 CEOs have headed for the exit in the past two years. Shareholder activism and greater public scrutiny may help explain why.
Profit talks louder than scandals for White and Ellison
The founder of WiseTech continues to dominate the annual Rich Bosses list despite his involvement in a high-profile corporate scandal.
‘That’s a double your money story’: Gerry Harvey’s latest bets
The 85-year-old Harvey Norman executive chairman resents days at home, and says tackling new challenges and dealmaking every day has kept him going.
The 10 wealthiest executives in the ASX 300 revealed
Healthcare and tech company bosses, including the co-founders of the ASX’s newest $30 billion company Pro Medicus, dominate the Rich Bosses list.
This exec has built two companies worth billions. He is doing it again
Jake Klein, who has just spent 15 years developing Evolution Mining and who is ranked 39th on the 2025 Rich Bosses list, is addicted to building businesses.
At the end of a meeting, this CEO asks the same question. Here’s why
Bell Financial Group co-CEO Arnie Selvarajah says this practice has yielded “lots of gold” over the course of his career.
In Pictures: Tech titans gather for day three of Sun Valley billionaire camp
Jeff Bezos, Cliff Obrecht and Bill Gates are among the rich and powerful gathering for the third day at Allen & Company’s annual Sun Valley Conference in Idaho.
How the AFL’s introverted CEO will win over NSW and Queensland
Lawyer and self-described “introvert” Andrew Dillon plans to drive the game further into the rugby league heartland of NSW and Queensland.
Here’s what a top-50 CEO looks like
The chief executives of the country’s biggest companies are getting younger and the chances of them being female are rising.
There are only 6 openly gay directors on the ASX. Paul Zahra hopes to change that
The former David Jones CEO helped establish the University of Sydney’s LGBTQIA+ Executive Fellowship to create a pipeline of visibly diverse leaders.
Sometimes, ‘everything I’m doing is wrong’, says this $13b company’s CEO
Ed Chung may run giant software business TechnologyOne, but he freely admits that sometimes he strays off course and needs to reset.
Why this points junkie swapped credit cards for BNPL
Katrina Konstas, Afterpay’s country manager for Australia, is a self-declared shopper but has changed the way she pays.
What an MBA scholarship program taught these leaders
If a degree is a key, does it open the door to the boardroom? Or to your own belief that you belong there?
This CEO’s business card is embedded in her nails
Former banker Kate Cooper is the CEO of the cryptocurrency platform OKX Australia, but is hardly a tech bro.
From number-cruncher to CEO: This boss’ unexpected path to the top
Lou Oppenheim has risen to the top of Sydney Dance Company, but every day she still wants to know what the numbers reveal about how the company is performing.
June
How this CEO wrote a report while cooking noodles
It took the world’s Go master to be beaten by a computer in 2016 for Will Liang to realise AI would change the way we work.
How these brothers turned a side hustle into $100m
It started as a wild idea to help pay the youngest brother’s school fees, now Maison de Sabré is beating Louis Vuitton and Hermes on their own turf.
Having a ‘casual’ coffee with someone? Beware, says this CEO
Paul Hitchcock, boss of Four’N Twenty pie maker Patties Foods, thought customers would lap up his new cakes. He shares why he was wrong, and other tips.
The CEO of this $7b company is doubling his workforce – by using AI
Worley chief executive Chris Ashton says artificial intelligence will enable one engineer to do the job of two people, or three, or four.
Why Jacinda Ardern made an intimate documentary about her marriage
The former NZ prime minister went along with her husband when he started filming her because she figured no one would ever see it. Two filmmakers had other ideas.
Top executives see take-home pay stagnate amid golden parachute slump
News Corporation’s Robert Thomson has the highest realised remuneration, according to research commissioned by superannuation funds that calculates real pay.