Humble starts, billion-dollar deals unite Business Person of the Year winners
Jack Gance, Sam Gance and Mario Verrocchi, the founders of Chemist Warehouse, and Robin Khuda, the founder of data centre giant AirTrunk, have jointly taken home the top prize for 2024.
AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda and Chemist Warehouse’s Jack Gance, Mario Verrocchi, and Sam Gance have been at the centre of two big deals that will shape Australian capital markets for years to come. David Rowe
They’re two of the great Australian entrepreneurial stories of their generation. And in the end, we just couldn’t split them.
Jack Gance, Sam Gance and Mario Verrocchi, the founders of the discount pharmacy chain Chemist Warehouse, and Robin Khuda, founder of data centre giant AirTrunk, were named joint winners of The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year award at a ceremony in Sydney on Wednesday night.
James ThomsonColumnistJames Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com
