Sealed over sushi: How Star’s survival plan was hatched
Casino boss Soo Kim is prepared to bet on himself and drive the change needed to succeed where others have failed. But can Star’s saviour really do it?
Leadership
Brothers deliver on family furniture legacy
McPhails in Wangaratta has battled through the death of its family patriarch and the Covid lockdowns to become a thriving business.
Retail’s Mr Fix-it gets ready for his next rescue mission
From his family’s deep ties with David Jones to turning around Country Road and General Pants, Sacha Laing reckons he has the right recipe to resurrect Adore Beauty.
ASIC wades into WiseTech affair
Chair Joe Longo has told a conference it’s troubling that personal lives are having an effect on public confidence in corporate governance.
Revealed: The three executives leading race for Santos CEO
Three energy executives have emerged in a short list to replace long-time Santos boss Kevin Gallagher when he exits the oil and gas major.
Richard White shown how it’s done in the boardroom
A new Qantas chairman is quietly rebuilding a board dogged by scandal. The tech billionaire should take notice.
Minority rule would be a disaster, say CEOs
The role of the Greens and teals in the 2025 federal election is striking fear into the hearts of some business leaders. Others just want to get on with governing.
Geoff Wilson: market animal loyal to neither side of politics
At least Donald Trump ‘has a plan’, says veteran investor Geoff Wilson as he takes aim at Labor and the Coalition lacking grand visions for the economy or solving issues like home ownership.
Productivity fix overdue but parties can act, say business leaders
Labor and the Coalition need to adopt an ‘Australia first ethos’ to turbocharge flatlining productivity and bolster competitiveness, say business leaders.
Day Zero: leadership lessons from a mum’s unimaginable loss
Business executive Michelle Japp was excited about her pregnancy as were her colleagues, and a hospital check-up was so routine that she was dressed for work. Then her world unravelled.
How Macquarie has long moved on from AirTrunk
Investment bank Macquarie is about to crack the $1 trillion mark in assets under management, pitting it against some of Wall Street’s biggest names.
How IMAX boss went from shoeshiner to Hollywood mogul
Unabashed ‘chutzpah’ took Richard Gelfond from humble beginnings to the head of global entertainment giant IMAX, which has big plans for Australia.
Top 29 richest women in Australia revealed
Meet the women in control of $127bn across the country from fashion to tech and two new sisters who have rocketed into this year’s Richest 250.
CEW renews appeal amid diversity backlash
The country’s most powerful female lobby group, Chief Executive Women, has called on companies to take another look at gender in the face of a backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion.
‘It’s terrific’: James Packer’s first good year in a long time
After a tumultuous time, James Packer says he’s back on the front foot with new tech, property and film investments boosting his wealth on The List – Richest 250.
WiseTech’s Richard White is now untouchable
If the WiseTech boss was another chief executive, he’d be long gone. Instead, a weak board had delivered a predictably weak response to his actions.
Gupta can’t hide financial secrets from Whyalla mess
OneSteel was never really a business under Sanjeev Gupta’s ownership. Steelmaking was just a by-product of the magnate’s financial engineering.
Meet the next gen of Australia’s richest families
Four heirs to some of Australia’s most private family offices reveal the challenges of managing the fortunes and taking over the empires built by their super successful parents.
Toy story: ‘We’re having too much fun to sell’
From a background as a Polish immigrant to owning a $1.3bn toy empire, Manny Stul and stepson Paul Solomon say they have bigger plans on the horizon as they knock back offers to sell.
Getting the band back together: Behind banking’s extraordinary day
A series of cascading executive moves in one day, including a high-profile defection, are reshaping the top of the nation’s banks.
A fork in the road for governance in Australia
In theory, a 10-year cap on non-executive director tenure would help prevent entrenchment, but tenure limits run the risk of stripping boards of directors whose experience is vital.
Agribusiness dishes out hard lessons from tariff pain
Throughout the history of food trade, tariffs have followed. That’s why its worth listening to the cooler heads at the farm gate.
The RM Williams of beds: Meet Gerry Harvey’s sleep soulmate
Behind Harvey Norman’s oldest and largest bedding supplier is the remarkable story of five generations of the Beard family and the unique support of former prime minister John Howard.
Forrest hires banker to run her philanthropic empire
Billionaire Nicola Forrest has hired digital banker Philippa Watson to run her emerging philanthropic and business empire.
Uneven fight: Can this green banker win against Trump?
It’s the most uneven match up. Canada is betting it all on a former central banker with almost no political experience to take on Donald Trump’s tariffs.
How these women broke through banking’s glass ceiling
When Sarah Rennie gave birth 16 years ago, the cutthroat world of global investment banking lived up to its moniker. She and fellow banker Silvana Schenone never want others to go through what they experienced.
Why this CEO is bracing for Alfred’s aftermath
Cleanaway will have its work cut out in coming days and after being caught out in the last floods, this boss is not taking any chances.
The funds manager who made her dream of ‘something better’ a reality
When investment guru Geoff Wilson copped a backlash for saying women were better investors, Armina Rosenberg leapt to his defence. Now she’s a funds manager under the Future Generation program.
We need to ‘bust open’ directors club: Wylie
Tanarra Capital founder John Wylie advanced his commonsense approach to board diversity, asking, ‘Where are the people from the western suburbs?’.
Philip Lowe’s vision for a richer Australia
Ex-RBA boss, now Future Generation Australia chair Philip Lowe, is a ‘glass half full’ kind of man – and he’s on a mission to make us all more optimistic.
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