‘Focused, consistent’: How milk bar kids built $30b Chemist Warehouse

Chemist Warehouse founders Mario Verrocchi and Jack and Sam Gance have been named joint The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year, alongside AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda.

Chemist Warehouse founders Jack Gance, Mario Verrocchi and Sam Gance changed where Australians shopped and what they bought. David Rowe

Anthony MacdonaldColumnist

Dec 4, 2024 – 9.16pm

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Chemist Warehouse’s three founders learnt retailing’s dos and don’ts while working in their parents’ milk bars as kids.

The higher the stack of products, the more you sold.

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Anthony MacdonaldColumnistAnthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies.