The ambitious Ulyssia project (named after the female version of Ulysses) promises to be a residential experience like no other – a floating community of like-minded, tech-connected individuals in a state-of-the-art, mostly glass 1,000-foot vessel travelling the world to exotic locales. Stewart Hawkins spoke to the project’s founder, naval architect and designer to discover why […]
These simple tips helped Ed Stack turn his father’s small business into a sporting goods empire worth over $18 billion. This story was featured in Issue 15 of Forbes Autralia. Tap here to secure your copy. When Ed Stack started working at his father as a teenager, he hated it. Instead of playing baseball with his friends […]
Francis Wedin built Vulcan Energy into an $800 million green lithium powerhouse – and got the feuding Rinehart-Hancocks on his share registry. Francis Wedin was a 27-year-old fly-in-fly-out geologist at a West Australian gold mine in 2013 when he read an article about Tesla that would lead him to solving one of the more intractable […]
Dr Nicole Robinson and Dr Jürgen Leitner founded LYRO Robotics to solve an interesting agricultural robotics challenge – delicately yet firmly grasping and packing avocados. This story featured in Issue 15 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. When Dr Nicole Robinson was growing up in Melbourne in the early 2000s, she was fascinated by technology, robotics, […]
Concours d’Elegance jury chair Alessandra Giorgetti has the challenging task of helping choose the winner of this year’s Sydney event. Stewart Hawkins asked her about what distinguishes “haute automobilisme” from mere motoring enthusiasm. This story was featured in Issue 15 of Forbes Autralia. Tap here to secure your copy. Passion is ethereal. What is it about automobiles […]
The Problem: Filling the wind and solar intermittency gap to reach net zero by 2050. The Solution: Drawing on oil and gas industry expertise to create reliable renewable energy from waves. It was 3am on an offshore construction vessel stationed on the north west shelf of WA when Simon Renwick realised he had solved the […]
Australia is considered a good place to live globally, and a combination of stable government, climate, space, and relative tolerance puts it near the top of many lists of desirable abodes. But when it comes to material wealth, just how do we rank? Data journalist Juliette O’Brien delves into wealth distribution in this country and […]
Stewart Investors’ senior portfolio specialist Pablo Berrutti maintains the key to sustainable investing is taking the longer-term view and being very mindful of the people his firm entrusts its clients’ money with. With $28 billion under management, his company has decades of experience in sustainable investing. He spoke with Stewart Hawkins about the imperfect realities […]
Jack Cowin on how he won friends, influenced people and made a few billion on the way… and who’s going to run his diversified fast-food empire when he’s gone. This story featured in Issue 15 of Forbes Australia. You can grab your copy here. Jack Cowin recounts with a sense of wonder the pivotal few […]
A billionaire’s two private islands, a handful of VIPs, and a luxury car you’ll never see on the streets. This story was featured in Issue 15 of Forbes Autralia. Tap here to secure your copy. How do you launch a half-million-dollar SUV that only six people in the world can buy? If you’re Range Rover, you rent […]