Today
He started in a Pratt factory. Now he’s a Rich List billionaire
It took patience, a passion for property and a lot of petrol-pumping for Melbourne entrepreneur Nick Andrianakos to rise to the Financial Review Rich List.
- Michael Bailey
Yesterday
- No.138
- Rich List
‘A deal I haven’t done’ gets this new Rich Lister out of bed each day
Dennis Bastas, co-founder, chief executive and chairman of Arrotex Pharmaceuticals, prefers pre-empting a challenge to trying to exploit an opportunity.
- Carrie LaFrenz
This Month
Victorian Liberal elders find other causes to celebrate
As for the proper election night parties/wakes, well, they don’t bear thinking about.
- Myriam Robin
Crypto billionaires’ fortunes destroyed in weeks
Billionaire crypto fortunes that swelled over the last two years are disappearing after a sell-off that began with tech stocks spilled over into digital money.
- Scott Carpenter and Tom Maloney
Smith Family Challenge survivors raise $1.2m
Every year the charity baits wealthy volunteers into enduring a 100 kilometre adventure course, featuring a sadistic mix of hiking, running, mountain biking and canoeing.
- Myriam Robin
April
How this high-flyer is dealing with Parkinson’s disease
Brian Sherman, 78, pushes himself through several hours of therapy a day – and he’s even managed to write an outstanding book about his predicament.
- Jill Margo
The billionaire who quit finance to build his personal Davos
Nicolas Berggruen, the “homeless billionaire”, is becoming something of a modern-day Medici with his patronage of philosophy.
- Michael Steinberger
The radical plan to get tech founders to give away more money
While philanthropy is rising in Australia, it’s not keeping pace with the rise in wealth. Daniel Petre, Antonia Ruffell and Peter Winneke aim to change that.
- Jemima Whyte
Don’t call it philanthropy, says $1m Australian Ballet donor
Primrose Potter, one of Australia’s greatest arts fundraisers, does it with a smile – and a lack of self-importance.
- Michael Bleby
- Exclusive
- Road to Brisbane 2032
Brisbane Olympics will be no financial ‘burden’: Liveris
Olympics are notorious for running over budget but Andrew Liveris promises the Brisbane Games will be different.
- Julie Hare
Fund managers turn out for St Vincent’s Clinic Foundation
In Sydney as in any civilised metropolis, its wealthy denizens lean heavily into medical philanthropy.
- Joe Aston
Meet the professionals doing a four-day week without breaking the bank
Keen to work a shorter week? The financial hit might not be as bad as you think.
- Lucy Dean
March
Rob Priestley puts best foot forward for Royal Sydney
For those willing to brave the fiendishness of getting accepted, membership grants entry into one of Sydney’s most exquisite networking opportunities.
- Myriam Robin
GPS schools turn to ‘judicial panel’ to adjudicate regatta result
The children of Australia’s elite learn many things from attending one of NSW’s most prestigious private schools.
- Myriam Robin
