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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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Convenience storesCompanies

28/01/2016: Michael Smith, Chairman of 7-11 convenience store chain, at the company's office near Melbourne . Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

7-Eleven’s profits revealed

A rare look at the financial accounts for 7-Eleven has revealed the convenience chain is making huge profits.

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BuyoutBusiness

Waislitz chips in $30m for papers

Billionaire investor Alex Waislitz is stumping up almost $30 million of the $115m buyout of Nine Entertainment’s newspapers.

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How the rich investWealth

05/12/2016. Andrew Forrest, chairman and founder of Fortescue Minerals, iron ore company. Forrest is also a champion of business pushing ahead with anti-slavery issues and has established the Walk Free Foundation. Photographed with some Australian Indigenous artwork at his Sydney home base. Britta Campion / The Australian

Twiggy looks beyond mining

Mining is still the core of his $10bn fortune, but Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest is branching out.

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The ListLeadership

AustraliaÕs pubs and booze supremo, billionaire Bruce Mathieson. PIC: Russell Shakespeare for The Australian

Pubs whisperer ready to roar

Billionaire Bruce Mathieson is famous for his disdain for those he calls ‘educated people’.

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RetailCompanies

28/03/17 Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci during the Global Food Forum. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Woolies keeping Big W: Banducci

Woolworths chief Brad Banducci has vowed the supermarket giant will keep its struggling Big W chain.

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The ListLeadership

Mathieson hits pubs jackpot

Bruce Mathieson has consolidated his reputation as our pubs and booze supremo.

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Basketball

CAMDEN, NJ - SEPTEMBER 21: Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers poses for a portrait during Media Day at the Sixers Training Complex on September 21, 2018 in Camden, New Jersey. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Big Ben’s $250m deal tops the list

Forget Greg Norman, Pat Rafter, Rod Laver and even fellow basketballer Andrew Bogut. Ben Simmons is now top of the pile.

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WealthLeadership

WENTWORTH COURIER ONLY. Harry Triguboff in his office at Meriton. Picture: John Appleyard

Revealed: billionaires’ secrets

The inner workings of the business empires of two of Australia’s richest billionaires have been revealed for the first time.

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Football

Owners to take control of A-League

A-League owners are expected to pour $10 million annually to promote the league and could sell a chunk of the league to outside investors.

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HOW THE RICH INVESTWealth

16/11/2018 Alex Waislitz apeaking at the Sohn Hearts and Minds Investment Conference at Haymer Hall in Melbourne. Picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

Waislitz plays the boom

There’s one sector where billionaire Alex Waislitz is finding plenty of winners.

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