Melanie Cooper

Why Australia’s oldest family-owned brewery knocked back $352 million takeover bid

Melanie Cooper, first female chair of Coopers Brewery, on keeping the largest Australian-owned beer maker in the family. This article was featured in Issue 11 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Coopers Key Facts Melanie Cooper grew up over the road from the family business in Leabrook, Adelaide, and would spend time mucking […]

Meet the billionaire betting big on an idyllic island retreat in the Philippines

Inside Andrew Tan’s US$720 million eco-tourism project in the country’s pristine beachside paradise.  This article was featured in Issue 11 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. The pitch is for tropical paradise: turquoise waters that lap a pristine shoreline fringed by lush, mist-streaked greenery. Philippine property giant Megaworld extolls on its Facebook page […]

Surprising way this clean-tech startup plans to capture a billion tonnes of CO2 by 2040

Australian clean-tech company MCi Carbon wants to capture a billion tonnes of CO2 by 2040. After sitting on a panel in Davos, MCi Carbon’s chief operating officer, Sophia Hamblin Wang, explains how.   Fresh off the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its flagship carbon capture and utilisation facility, Australian clean-tech startup MCi Carbon finds itself at a pivotal […]

The lonely journey of the Soul Taker

Professional career, boxer Tim Tszyu was preparing to battle the undefeated “KO King”, Vergil Ortiz Jnr when doctors ruled him out. Tszyu talks to Stewart Hawkins about what it takes to bounce back from setbacks, emerge from his father’s shadow and reach the top of one of the toughest sports on the planet. Tim Tszyu […]

Quick Takes: Three entrepreneurs we’re watching right now

Forbes Australia has identified the entrepreneurs who are making waves in Australia’s startup scene at the moment. ‘Quick Takes’ featured in Issue 11 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. PROTA THERAPEUTICS  Founder and CEO Mimi Tang has spent almost three decades working in allergy immunology. For much of that time, she was unsatisfied with […]

Sarah O'Carroll editor in chief of Forbes Australia headshot as at September 2022

A word from our Editor-in-Chief

This letter from our Editor-in-Chief featured in Issue 11 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. When I was interviewing Sam Mostyn on stage at the Forbes Women’s Summit in March this year, I had no idea it would be her final public appearance before being announced as the next Governor General six days […]

‘Humanity is on the brink’: This $350 million startup’s moonshot plans for Earth – and beyond

Fresh off a $50 million capital raise that doubled its valuation to $350 million, satellite start-up Fleet Space is at the forefront of Australia’s rapidly growing space industry. Its co-founder, Flavia Tata Nardini, reveals how her company became the fastest-growing start-up in Australia and its – literal – moonshot plans. This article is featured in […]

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

Xero Hero: How Sukhinder Singh Cassidy reignited a $20 billion giant

Xero’s Sukhinder Singh Cassidy on the hustle, the big bets and the hard decisions that took her from Tanzania to Silicon Valley, where she still lives while running the fourth-largest tech company on the Australian stock exchange.   This article is featured in Issue 11 of Forbes Australia, on stands Monday, 17th June. Tap here to secure your […]