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John StensholtThe Richest 250 Editor

“John Stensholt is the editor of the prestigious annual Richest 250 list for The Australian, and is a business journalist and features writer. He writes about Australia’s most successful and wealthy entrepreneurs, and the business of sport. His career includes stints at BRW magazine, The Australian Financial Review and Wall Street Journal. He has won Quills, Citi Journalism and Australian Sports Commission awards, been twice named Business Journalist of the Year at the News Awards and also been a Walkley Awards finalist. Connect with John at https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-stensholt-b5ba80207/?originalSubdomain=au

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Ed Craven for richest 250 1024 art by sean Callinan

Nation’s youngest billionaire heads for the straight and narrow

Yes, 29-year-old billionaire Ed Craven now takes more in traditional currency than crypto, but it’s not like he’s losing his edge, or his ambition.

John Stensholt

Margin Call at Albert ParkMargin Call

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 16: Billionaire Adrian Portelli (C) attends the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on March 16, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. Picture: Angelica Snowden / The Australian

‘Hoon’ Portelli steals the show at F1 GP

Having recovered from some dodgy oysters, Adrian Portelli revelled in the conditions at the big race, where some of Australia’s biggest corporate names – and Luke Sayers – pushed through the downpour.

John Stensholt and Angelica Snowden

Richest 250Business

Property developers Harry Triguboff, Max Beck and Bob Ell

The 10 billionaires who could solve the housing crisis

At least a dozen members of the Richest 250 control hundreds of thousands of housing lots across the country. So where are all the houses?

Chris Herde and John Stensholt

Sports businessBusiness

McLaren's Australian driver Oscar Piastri drives during the first practice session of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne on March 14, 2025. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --

Why Formula One deserves its ‘podium’ position in business

Global Grand Prix boss Stefano Domenicali has overseen big revenue and profit increases in the sport. Investors, including Australia’s Caledonia, are betting on more financial upside for racing’s glamorous circuit.

John Stensholt and Jared Lynch

ExclusiveRenewable energy & economy

Sun Cable’s Australia-Asia PowerLink will unlock Australia’s vast world-class solar and land resources to provide significant renewable electricity to Darwin and create a new $2 Billion export industry by supplying up to 15% of Singapore’s electricity needs. Pictured: render of Sun Cable’s proposed solar farm in Powell Creek NT. Picture: supplied

Cannon-Brookes’ Grok seeks investors for SunCable dream

One of the world’s biggest renewable energy projects will seek external funding as Mike Cannon-Brookes tests financiers’ appetite for the giant SunCable project.

Perry Williams and John Stensholt

ExclusiveLegal Affairs

MELBOURNE, NOVEMBER 4, 2023: 2023 Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse. Alex Waislitz and Rebekah Behbahani in LEXUS. Picture: Mark Stewart

Heloise Pratt fights ex-husband over $21m he borrowed for new lover

Billionaire Heloise Pratt has claimed Alex Waislitz took more than $21m in loans to buy a luxury apartment and back companies connected to his new fiancee’s music career.

Angelica Snowden and John Stensholt

TakeoversBusiness Breaking News

19/10/22 - Betr chairman Matt Tripp during the launch of new racing app Betr. Aaron Francis / The Australian

Tripp’s Betr revs up gaming with rival $360m Pointsbet bid

The digital gaming player is on the cusp of breaking into the top tier of Australia’s sports betting market as it enters the Pointsbet bidding war.

Eric Johnston and John Stensholt

WageringCompanies

Monday 17th June 2024. The Australian.Gillon McLachlan has been appointed as Tabcorp CEO.Photograph by Arsineh Houspian.

Tabcorp’s fitness kick and profits boosted by favourable Victorian licence

New boss Gillon McLachlan has talked up the gaming company’s new lean look, thanks in part to cost-cutting and a deal signed by previous management.

John Stensholt

RetailCompanies

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA - January 29, 2025: Chemist Warehouse - From this low rise pub in an industrial strip in Preston a new top 20 ASX company is born. The historic meeting of the founders and shareholders of Chemist Warehouse will tonight vote on a merger with pharma Sigma creating a retail giant worth $30bn. That's twice the size of Qantas and bigger than global names like Brambles and James Hardie. We are aiming to get co-founders founders Mario Verrocchi and Jack Gance who will be at the meeting.Picture: The Australian / Nadir Kinani

The $34bn chemist merger sealed over lasagne

The Chemist Warehouse founders were back in suburban Melbourne to vote in its huge merger with ASX-listed Sigma. The celebrations were a typically low-key setting for some of Australia’s richest entrepreneurs.

John Stensholt

Margin Call at the tennisMargin Call

MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 26, 2025: Photo of VIP attending the Mens Australian Open finals Picture: The Australian / Luis Enrique Ascui

Game, set and much posturing at opening salvo

Let’s call it the first — and ultimate — status update of the corporate season. School assembly for the CEOs. The gathering of big-shots and silverbacks. The Australian Open tennis finals.

Yoni Bashan, Nick Evans and John Stensholt

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