Andrew Liveris has a strong opinion on pretty much everything. Just ask him. “Pick your favourite topic,” he parleys with BOSS at one point. From small scale nuclear reactors to heralding direct air capture as the Holy Grail to solving climate change, manufacturing and immigration policy, the failure of Australian boards, running the Olympics and the Voice.

His big persona sometimes makes Liveris the subject of derision, including by former Rear Window editor Joe Aston over US$3 million in “authorised but undisclosed” perks such as his extensive use of the Dow Chemicals’ private jet. More on that later.