Melbourne man makes $25m from COVID-19 crisis

Jeromy Wells has seen his personal wealth from the start-up grow from about $10 million to more than $35 million in just nine weeks.

Patrick DurkinBOSS Deputy editor

May 25, 2020 – 12.05am

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Jeromy Wells, the chief executive and founder of listed cloud communication platform and workflow software company Whispir, denies COVID-19 is the best thing that has ever happened to him.

Still, Wells is not exactly complaining. After listing on the ASX in June last year, Whispir's share price hit a low of 70¢ on March 23 as markets around the world plummeted.

Patrick Durkin is Melbourne bureau chief and BOSS deputy editor. He writes on news, business and leadership. Connect with Patrick on Twitter. Email Patrick at pdurkin@afr.com