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Kerry Stokes tops the 2018 Rich Bosses list as company founders set the pace

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Founder chief executives are a different breed. Just ask Jamie Pherous, the founder and CEO of Corporate Travel Management, who ranks ninth on the 2018 Rich Bosses list with a fortune of $507 million.

When the global financial crisis hit in 2008, Pherous could see that while his business was travelling OK, his staff were doing it tough. He made a quick and, he says, easy decision. "I had no problem cutting my bonus and giving it to staff to help them through a tough year."

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