Inside the quiet rise of Australia’s self-made female millionaires

Canva’s Melanie Perkins is arguably Australia’s only self-made female US-dollar billionaire, with most wealthy women’s fortunes stemming from inheritance. But a new wave of self-made millionaires is beginning to reshape the narrative. This story was featured in Issue 17 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. One-third of the brains behind Australia’s design juggernaut, Canva’s Melanie […]

A word from our Editor-in-Chief: Issue 17

Jony Ive and Steve Jobs. Perhaps the greatest product design duo of our time. Together, they gave us era-defining products that changed how we live and work.  This story was featured in Issue 17 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Jobs, however, often credited Ive with much of Apple’s success because he believed tech could […]

Lucy Liu

Who is Lucy Liu? The anti-bank angel who helped turn Airwallex into a $10 billion giant

The fastest-growing unicorn to emerge from Australia, Airwallex, has raised over $1 billion and serves 150,000 customers worldwide. Lucy Liu – the co-founder and investor – wrote a $1 million cheque, giving rise to a company now valued almost 10,000 times that.   This story was featured in Issue 17 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. […]

How a Melbourne teacher became the go-to for billionaire weddings

Olivia Burrows Sutherland gave up teaching to follow her own wedding playbook – now the rich and famous pay her to go viral on their big day. This story appears in Issue 17 of Forbes Australia – out Monday. Tap here to secure your copy. Olivia Burrows Sutherland is sitting across from billionaire Ankur Jain, […]

AWS unveils ‘AI Spring Australia’ to accelerate AI adoption

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched “AI Spring Australia,” an initiative aimed at accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence and generative AI technologies across various sectors. Amazon’s cloud company, Amazon Web Services [AWS] has seen attendees at its annual summit quadruple in the last four years to 20,000 attendees as the importance of artificial intelligence […]

Clarity Pharmaceuticals Alan Taylor

Australian startups take on big pharma with precision cancer breakthroughs

Radiopharma therapies targeting prostate cancer are driving a new gold rush in biotech—and Australia is leading the charge with technology so advanced, even the former US President might want in. “The best treatment you can get for prostate cancer in the world right now is probably in Brisbane,” says Andrew Adamovich, CEO and co-founder of […]

Scott Farquhar

Inside Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar’s ‘next phase’

A decade after co-founding Pledge 1%, Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar is back at the helm—rallying unicorns and founders to bake giving into business from day one. Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar is returning to lead the global philanthropic movement he helped launch a decade ago, becoming chair at Pledge 1%. Pledge 1% made the announcement today as […]