23-year-old Annie Liao has had a few careers in her young life: a data scientist, consultant, venture capitalist, community builder and now start-up founder. Liao talks about Build Club, a community-turned-accelerator-turned-AI-education-platform, which has just closed its first capital raise.
From an Instagram story to a petition that garnered 44,000 signatures and eventually the launch of an NGO, Chanel Contos has championed change in consent curriculum across the nation. Now, with $3.5 million in grant funding, Contos and her 10-strong team are distributing social media resources that aim to reduce violence against women and children.
Born in France and raised in Sydney’s west, Jessica Fox made her Olympic debut in canoe slalom in the 2012 London Games. Fox is now a reigning champion, having taken out gold in Tokyo, backing it up with two gold medals in Paris.
Young, talented and very, very fast: 23-year-old Oscar Piastri is one of the hottest drivers on the F1 grid – and he’s only in his second season.
Melbourne-based journalists Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews started Shameless Media in 2018 (on a bedroom floor) to fill a gap in celebrity news and reality TV podcasts. Initially a side-hustle, the duo turned their podcast into a fully-fledged media company with 15 staff. Their podcasts boast 100 million downloads, they have 1.3 million social followers across their channels and 110,000 newsletter subscribers.