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Corporate cop eyes WiseTech as billionaire White retakes control
ASIC says it is making preliminary inquiries into WiseTech after a boardroom implosion and allegations against founder Richard White.
- Kate McClymont and Colin Kruger
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- Governance
Richard White has cast corporate governance back to the dark ages
If the bosses of BHP or the Commonwealth Bank were accused of bullying or branded “LinkedIn lechers”, they wouldn’t have a job. WiseTech’s Richard White, however, gets promoted.
- Elizabeth Knight
WiseTech founder Richard White continued to quietly sell off shares
The disruption at the company, one of the country’s most successful technology groups, has sent the share price tumbling.
- Max Mason and Kate McClymont
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- Board shake-up
It was billionaire v the board at WiseTech. Guess who won
The software giant’s board exodus is a clear demonstration that money trumps optics. Key man risk doesn’t come any riskier than Richard White - but he and his allies call the shots.
- Elizabeth Knight
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- Board shake-up
WiseTech board purge triggers $10b share plunge as White scandals widen
Disgraced company founder Richard White has effectively been handed control of WiseTech after its independent board members quit, but the subsequent share plunge has cost him billions.
- Colin Kruger
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- Investigation
The billionaire, his lawyer wife – and the secrets of their explosive relationship
Richard White says he would “take a bullet” for his wife but many of the billionaire’s long-time friends are unhappy about the couple’s volatile history.
- Kate McClymont and Max Mason
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- Investigation
Billionaire Richard White backs away from questionable property deals amid board crisis talks
The beleaguered tech billionaire has called in a $70 million loan he gave to an associate of his wife’s ex-husband – a nut roaster from Lakemba.
- Kate McClymont and Max Mason
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- Courts
Sex for visa: New allegations against billionaire Richard White
The woman alleges the billionaire founder of WiseTech Global created a situation of “economic dependency” and engaged in “unlawful conduct for sexual gratification”.
- Kate McClymont and Max Mason
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- Courts
Second woman launches court action against billionaire Richard White
A former WiseTech employee is suing the software giant’s billionaire founder and his new wife over workplace issues.
- Max Mason and Kate McClymont
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- Investigation
New allegations of inappropriate conduct raised against Richard White
The three new claims come as it can be revealed the WiseTech billionaire and founder still has not signed a 10-year consultancy agreement announced by the company last October.
- Max Mason and Kate McClymont
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