Grant Hackett is now a CEO. But his diet is still heavy on protein

The long-distance champion rarely swims these days but uses his successes and failures in the pool to become a better leader and person.

Grant Hackett is happy to admit he sweats the small stuff. Life is all about incremental improvement. Eamon Gallagher

Sally Patten and Lap Phan

Apr 22, 2025 – 5.00am

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Grant Hackett is chief executive of Generation Development Group, a provider of specialist financial products, largely for retirees, and asset management and financial research services.

But he is still better known as one of the great distance swimmers, having won the men’s 1500 metres freestyle at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2004 Games in Athens.

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Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.