Damon Kitney

Damon Kitney has spent three decades in financial journalism, including 16 years at The Australian Financial Review and 12 years as Victorian business editor at The Australian. He specialises in writing the untold personal stories of the nation’s richest and most private people and now has his own writing and advisory business, DMK Publishing. He has published three books, The Price of Fortune: The Untold Story of being James Packer; The Inner Sanctum, and The Fortune Tellers.

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Billionaire legal stoush: inside the Pratt and Waislitz family dramas

Heloise Pratt made the surprise move to take ex-husband Alex Waislitz to court in a battle of billionaires. But behind the scenes are long-standing family tensions and rivalries.

John Stensholt, Damon Kitney and Angelica Snowden

The Inner SanctumLeadership

Groundswell Foundation chairman Martin Blake sailing.

Tackling a silent killer: Australia’s loneliness epidemic

Martin Blake’s mother died a very lonely woman and now, after 30 years at the top of KPMG, he has forged a movement to confront a crisis that costs the economy $3bn each year.

Damon Kitney

ExclusiveBusiness

Margin Call: Heloise Pratt and Alex Waislitz 4:3

Billionaire legal stoush: Heloise Pratt suing estranged husband Alex Waislitz

Heloise Pratt and estranged husband Alex Waislitz had attempted negotiations through solicitors but are now headed to the Victorian Supreme Court.

John Stensholt, Yoni Bashan and Damon Kitney

The Inner SanctumLeadership

Why golf has returned to the fore for deal makers

Former Westpac executive Raj Narayan banked on a post Covid-19 thaw to return business dealing to the nation’s fairways when she set up Emajin Golf – and she hasn’t looked back.

Damon Kitney

ExclusiveBusiness

Future Generation Australia (L-R) new Chair, former Australian Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Former RBA boss vows to fight childhood trauma

Philip Lowe says his early life was one of ‘incredible privilege’, but as chair of Future Generation Australia he wants to help children who have faced adversity early in their life to thrive.

Damon Kitney

The Inner SanctumLeadership

Brad Pulford, Managing Director, HP Australia and New Zealand. Picture - Supplied

Listen, learn and lead: how HP boss plays the shots in real life

Losing his dad in a car accident when he was 21 taught HP’s local chief, Brad Pulford, the value of ‘servant leadership’, which in an AI-driven world is now being demanded by workers.

Damon Kitney

The Inner SanctumLeadership

Nathan Cheong – chief executive of FutureLab by Melrose Health

Why this naturopath rails against plant-only diets

Nathan Cheong’s life changed forever when he lost his parents to AIDS and now this naturopath but avowed carnivore champions a range of vitamins to fight chronic disease.

Damon Kitney

The Inner SanctumLeadership

Amit Walia, chief executive of Informatica

Tech boss’ rise from India’s poverty to Silicon Valley CEO

Amit Walia is one of many Indian-born CEOs to have taken Silicon Valley by storm but his impoverished origins and rise is down to taking that first risky step.

Damon Kitney

The Inner SanctumLeadership

From Cambodia’s killing fields to saving lives on our roads

One-time refugee Lea Ea’s journey escaping the horrors of a country ripped apart by a despotic regime’s genocide to become a world-leading transport innovator is one of spirit and inspiration.

Damon Kitney

Inner SanctumLeadership

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. THE AUSTRALIAN. September 17, 2024. Tai Lin, the Managing Partner of Proterra Investment Partners Asia. This is Tai's first wide ranging interview with Australian mediaThe Australian/Nadir Kinani

Aussie food on menu for Asian private equity king

Born into poverty in Taiwan and educated in Austria, former investment banker Tai Lin is on a mission to feed Asia’s millions safely.

Damon Kitney

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