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John StensholtThe Richest 250 Editor

John Stensholt joined The Australian in July 2018. He writes about Australia’s most successful and wealthy entrepreneurs, and the business of sport.Previously John worked at The Australian Financial Review and BRW, editing the BRW Rich List. He has won Citi Journalism and Australian Sports Commission awards for his corporate and sports business coverage. He won the Keith McDonald Award for Business Journalist of the Year in the 2020 News Awards.

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WealthCompanies

Money Cafe: Racing and riches

John Stensholt and Alan Kohler discuss why punters are being steered away from the track, what hope for the next crop of advisers and the winners and losers among Australia’s richest.

Alan Kohler and John Stensholt

How the rich investWealth

2/08/2018Paul Blackburne who builds Perth apartnments in front of apartments he built in Subiaco.pic Colin Murty The Australian

Stamp duty boom for upmarket downsizers

Apartment developer Paul Blackburne is about to unleash $1bn worth of new projects.

John Stensholt

EXCLUSIVEBusiness

23/10/19 Ben Beck is the managing director of Active Utilities which provides internet, power, water and cable services for building projects. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Macquarie’s getting Active

Macquarie Bank has struck a deal to buy 25 per cent of Active Utilities, an embedded electricity and utility network operator.

John Stensholt

exclusiveBusiness

24/10/2019. Paul Lederer, chairman of Western Sydney Wanderers, pictured at the WSW new training academy, Western Sydney Wanders Centre of Excellence in Rooty Hill in Sydney's Western suburbs ahead of the derby against Sydney FC at the weekend. Britta Campion / The Australian

A new era for A-League: Lederer

Paul Lederer says it’s time for the whingeing and negativity to stop, and some optimism to return to the A-League.

John Stensholt

GamingBusiness

06/11/2018: Paula Dwyer in the owners stand during the 2018 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Race Course. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Tabcorp’s Dwyer survives protest

Tabcorp has dodged a second strike against its remuneration report, but chairman Paula Dwyer received a large protest vote.

John Stensholt

How the rich investProperty

Billionaire Lang Walker, founder and executive chairman of Walker Corp., poses for a portrait after a Bloomberg Television interview in Singapore, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Walker, founder of one of Australia’s largest closely held developers, said that home prices in Sydney and Melbourne have climbed too much, and he is turning his focus to his investment in Malaysia. Photographer: Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Lang Walker

Health good for Walker’s wealth

Property magnate Lang Walker is embracing the lifestyle revolution that is sweeping the commercial property sector.

John Stensholt

RetailCompanies

A Starbucks coffee cup is seen inside a Starbucks Coffee shop in Washington, DC, April 17, 2018, following the company's announcement that they will close more than 8,000 US stores on May 29 to conduct

Starbucks fails to charm

Nearly 20 years later, Australia is still a tough sell for Starbucks, despite a growing presence and rich backers.

John Stensholt

HOW THE RICH INVESTWealth

05/01/2016 : Gary Johnston Managing Director of Jaycar. Pictured in the Rydalmere Jaycar retail outlet. Pictured in Sydney. The Australian / Renee Nowytarger

Jaycar defies retail doldrums

Jaycar’s Gary Johnstone is defying the tough times in retail and making canny moves in property.

John Stensholt

exclusiveHorse Racing

***NB EMBARGOED. MUST TALK TO NICOLA GIBSON BEFORE USAGE***Anthony Freedman trained Santa Ana Lane has a swim at Randwick Racecourse, ahead of competing in The Everest, the world's richest horse race on turf. Pic Jenny Evans

Lane way to Everest glory

They are the blue-blood group who plan to steal Sydney’s new, glittering, racing crown jewel.

John Stensholt

Horse Racing

(L to R)Tony Sheppard, Maryanne Graham, Peter VÕlandys and wife Phillipa pictured at the Everest Gala Dinner at Royal Randwick in Sydney on Thursday 17th October 2019. Picture: Nikki Short

$100m windfall from Everest

It is the $100m horse race that has 40,000 flocking to Royal Randwick on Saturday.

John Stensholt

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