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Graham Kittle is an early riser. Most mornings he goes for a surf.

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.

Hayden Brass

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.

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Harvey Norman CEO Katie Page is the 41st richest boss, Sigma executive director Danielle Di Pilla is ranked 23rd, and Macquarie Group chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake is ranked 11th this year.

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.

CEOs are flying out the door in greater numbers.

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.

Richard White and Chris Ellison have become firm fixtures in the annual Rich Bosses list.

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.

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‘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.

Pro Medicus co-founders Anthony Hall and Sam Hupert.

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.

Jake Klein has stood down as executive chairman of Evolution Mining but he will remain a non-executive chairman and an investor.

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.

Arnie Selvarajah says the hardest thing about leadership is being patient.

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.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc., right, and Lauren Sanchez Bezos walk to lunch during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. The annual event has been a historic breeding ground for media deals and is usually a forum for tech and media elites to discuss the future of their industry. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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.

EXCLUSIVE FOR BOSS: Announcement of the opening AFL round in Sydney with AFL CEO Andrew Dillon.

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.

Ever the trailblazer, Paul Zahra was instrumental in helping to get the University of Sydney’s LGBTIQ+ Executive Leadership fellowship off the ground.

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.

Katrina Konstas, APAC country manager, Afterpay.

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.

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Mayuri Manraj at her North Sydney office.

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?

Kate Cooper drinks English breakfast tea in the morning - and quips it is cheaper than her husband’s coffee habit.

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.

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Will Liang was a professional Go player in China when he was a child.

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.

Brothers Zane (left) and Omar Sabré at a Maison de Sabré pop-up store in the Shibuya shopping district, Tokyo.

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.

Paul Hitchcock has learnt that when someone asks you for a coffee, don’t assume it’s casual.

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.

Chris Ashton, CEO of engineering and energy firm Worley.

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.

Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern and her husband Clarke Gayford, who began filming her intimate moments shortly after she took office.

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.

News Corp global chief executive Robert Thomson is the highest paid Australian chief executive.

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.

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