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Embattled WiseTech faces class action lawsuit from shareholders
Just weeks after its CEO stepped down, the software firm is now facing Supreme Court action alleging misleading conduct and a breach of disclosure obligations to investors.
- by David Swan
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Calls to defund Grok Academy, WiseTech programs after scandals
A petition is demanding funding be switched to women-led tech education after two high-profile scandals in the sector.
- by David Swan
‘Shameful’: Tech Council facing questions over Richard White saga
The powerful lobby group took nearly a week to deal with serious allegations of misconduct.
- by David Swan
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Executive shake-up
WiseTech’s CEO has resigned. Now for the reckoning
The technology sector now has serious questions to answer about how it allowed his alleged behavioural problems to fester.
- by David Swan
Embattled billionaire Richard White steps down as WiseTech CEO
Billionaire Richard White will step down as chief executive of WiseTech following a series of damaging allegations made about his conduct.
- by Max Mason, Kate McClymont and Nick McKenzie
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Billionaires behaving bizarrely: Is Richard White Australia’s own Elon Musk?
Both appear to have engaged in behaviour deemed to be socially inappropriate and at odds with governance convention.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Billionaire’s ‘bullying, intimidation’ made WiseTech unbearable, claims top director
Christine Holman, who has worked at some of Australia’s biggest companies, says she was not prepared to put up with Richard White’s behaviour so she quit.
- by Nick McKenzie, Max Mason and Kate McClymont
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Investigation
Billionaire Richard White had a relationship with an employee and gave her a $7 million mansion
The sprawling waterfront home is the third property purchased for a woman Richard White is alleged to have had a relationship with, but the first involving a staffer.
- by Kate McClymont, Max Mason and Nick McKenzie
Tech billionaire’s fight with ex-lover abruptly settled
The court battle that lifted the lid on WiseTech co-founder Richard White’s personal life has been discontinued.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Under-siege billionaire Richard White in mass share sell-off as scandal smashes WiseTech value
A new series of damaging allegations have wiped $6 billion from the company’s market value and an estimated $2 billion from Richard White’s personal wealth.
- by Max Mason, Kate McClymont, Anne Hyland and Tess Bennett
Richard White’s sex scandal ignored by WiseTech-linked media startup
Capital Brief, the media start-up funded by early WiseTech investors, has remained oddly quiet about the troubles engulfing that Aussie tech giant’s founder.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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