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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.

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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.

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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
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