Ryan Stokes
Analysis
Earnings season
Forget the TV drama, Stokes shows Seven’s industrial might
Financially troubled and scandal-ridden Seven West may be grabbing the headlines, but the Stokes family fortune is soaring to fresh heights at the $16 billion Seven Group Holdings.
- by Colin Kruger
Latest
Seven’s deadly sins: Network’s troubles pile up after Lehrmann ruling
Multiple defamation threats, a legal costs loss and a humiliating blunder. There’s plenty for the Seven West Media board to discuss when it meets today.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Billionaire Stokes family wins support for takeover of Australia’s largest concrete maker
Boral’s independent directors have caved in to Seven Group’s hardball takeover bid.
- by Simon Johanson
Updated
Mergers & acquisitions
‘Not fair and not reasonable’: Boral rejects Seven’s takeover offer
Boral has rejected the takeover offer by Kerry Stokes’ Seven Group, claiming the $6.9 billion deal undervalued the company.
- by Simon Johanson
Updated
Mergers & acquisitions
Kerry Stokes’ Seven launches billion-dollar bid for concrete maker Boral
The billionaire and his family want to buy the remaining share of the building materials company not already owned by Seven Group.
- by Simon Johanson
Green energy not on the radar for Stokes’ Seven
Kerry Stokes’ industrial juggernaut Seven Group has the balance sheet to pursue more acquisitions, with gas still its preferred play in the energy sector.
- by Colin Kruger
RBA could push the country into recession, says Seven boss
Ryan Stokes says Australia has so far been able to weather the barrage of rate rises over the past 15 months, but another hike could push it over the edge.
- by Colin Kruger
RBA’s inflation fixation risks recession, warns Stokes
Seven Group boss Ryan Stokes says the Reserve Bank’s single-minded pursuit of bringing down inflation could end up hurting the broader economy.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
Streaming
Forget higher food and fuel prices - sport broadcast rights inflation outstrips them all
There was a silent auction, big-name media companies, and lots of phone-jockeying with bidders, which culminated in a late-night mega deal – negotiating mastery worthy of its own Netflix series.
- by Elizabeth Knight
‘Right leader for next stage’: Seven’s Ryan Stokes backs in new Boral CEO
Former Cleanaway CEO Vik Bansal left the company under a cloud of bullying allegations.
- by Angus Dalton
Opinion
Opinion
Stokes picks performance over politically correct with controversial new boss
For most public companies, Vik Bansal would seem cultural kryptonite – but not for the Stokes-controlled Boral. Bansal would be on the “if only” wish list for most boards.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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