Marcus Blackmore

Opinion
Mergers & acquisitions

A bittersweet pill: Why Marcus Blackmore sold his vitamin company

To say Blackmore was at odds with the performance of the board and its chief executive is the mother of all understatements.

1 year ago
Elizabeth Knight

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Blackmores' biggest shareholder Marcus Blackmore and wife Caroline.

Private Sydney

‘Positive’ news has a negative impact after Blackmores’ luxury bash

Vitamin mogul Marcus Blackmore had to contact his guests after two lavish New Year parties and tell them he had contracted coronavirus.

January 8, 2022
Andrew Hornery

Alastair Symington is unwinding an acquisition made by former CEO Christine Holgate in 2016.

Vitamins

Blackmores banks on pets to overcome COVID crunch, drops Chinese medicine play

The vitamin maker tells investors it plans to focus on pet supplements and mental health products as it seeks to get back on its feet following a big pandemic hit.

October 27, 2020
Emma Koehn

Afterpay chief executive Anthony Eisen and founder Nick Molna cash in some chips.

Opinion
Shares

Sell now, worry later: Afterpay founders cash in on 600% bounce

Under normal circumstances, executives offloading stock is a red flag for investors who would wonder why they should pump money into a stock which insiders are selling.

July 8, 2020
Elizabeth Knight

Blackmores has become the latest ASX-listed company to undertake a capital raising in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic

'Run out of money', Marcus Blackmore stays out of capital raising

The ASX-listed vitamins and supplements maker has kicked off a $117 million capital raising, yet its key investor Marcus Blackmore won't take up any more shares.

May 27, 2020
Darren Gray

Health

'I like the bloke': how new CEO won over Marcus Blackmore

Blackmores has appointed Alastair Symington, a Dubai-based Australian with more than 23 years consumer goods experience in big companies around the world, as its next chief executive officer.