Everyone can find a place to belong on the internet. There are social networking sites for nearly every group imaginable, from pet lovers an…
Everyone can find a place to belong on the internet. There are social networking sites for nearly every group imaginable, from pet lovers an…
The release of BRW’s Executive Rich List last week has provided more evidence of the “great wealth destruction”. The value of the shar…
The total wealth held by Australia’s richest 200 executives has been smashed by the global financial crisis, dropping from $44 billion to $2…
It is a tough time to be a wealthy entrepreneur. Your fortune has fallen by an average of 40%, you’ve had to mortgage the house to pay that …
The number of personal bankruptcies jumped 12.2% in the last six months of 2008, and is set to rise further as the recession continues, acco…
It was a sight to make a rev-head salivate and a merchant banker weep. Last Monday night, car aficionados and bargain hunters filled t…
Forget the Great Depression and the “great recession”. For the world’s richest entrepreneurs, this has been the year of the great destructio…
The richest person in Australia isn’t billionaire property developer Frank Lowy or gaming mogul James Packer – it is a little-known former s…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has been named the richest person in the world in Forbes magazine’s annual billionaire wealth list. But l…
It’s been hard to miss Sir Richard Branson in the last few weeks. There he was in Melbourne, leaping from a red tram to promote his new…
Lost among the finger pointing that followed Pacific Brand’s decision to sack 1850 workers and close its Australian manufacturing plants was…
Having piles of money is one thing, but having real power is not hard-wired into the DNA of the mega-rich. We sort the truly powerful from …
