This Month
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- Richard White
WiseTech founder restructures assets to give wife a share
Richard White’s corporate restructure puts Zena Nasser in the driving seat of one of his private investment vehicles.
- Max Mason, Kate McClymont and Nick McKenzie
November
- Exclusive
- Philanthropy
Australia’s wealthiest women join forces to supercharge philanthropy
Women from Australia’s biggest philanthropic donors met in Canberra on Thursday for She Gives’ first roundtable, including Fiona Geminder and the Fox family.
- Yolanda Redrup
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- Wisetech Global
WiseTech’s Richard White inquiry failed to interview two key women
The investigation into complaints against the billionaire founder has described a process of ‘creative abrasion’ at the company but found he did nothing wrong.
- Updated
- Max Mason, Nick McKenzie and Amelia McGuire
Heloise Pratt alleges ex-husband Alex Waislitz falsified board records
The two billionaires had been on amicable terms after splitting in 2015 until a stoush started over the control of Thorney Investments.
- Max Mason
Heloise Pratt sues former husband Alex Waislitz over Thorney
Visy Industries scion Heloise Pratt is suing her billionaire ex-husband Alex Waislitz in a fight over their joint-owned business, fund manager Thorney Investments.
- Max Mason
Blackstone CEO’s bet on Trump gives him the edge on Dimon, Buffett
Stephen Schwarzman already has $76 billion, and he has become more powerful and a lot richer since the election of Donald Trump.
- Dawn Lim, Ben Bartenstein and Amanda Gordon
Moody’s downgrades MinRes as big investors demand board overhaul
The credit ratings agency has cut the lithium and iron ore miner to negative, citing the “negative implications” of its governance issues.
- Mark Wembridge
Private jet use jumps – and so do emissions (even to a climate summit)
A peer-reviewed study has found carbon emissions have risen almost 50 per cent in four years, and wealthy Australians are disproportionately represented.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Inside the two-week unravelling of Chris Ellison’s hold on MinRes
Monday’s attempt to draw a line in the sand still leaves unanswered questions for shareholders and investigators about the goings-on at Mineral Resources.
- Mark Di Stefano and Neil Chenoweth
- Updated
- Mining
MinRes board faces investor wrath for ousting Ellison
Chris Ellison will depart within 18 months after the board found he inflicted “significant reputational impact” by using company resources for personal benefit.
- Updated
- Peter Ker, Mark Wembridge and Joanne Tran
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- Mining
MinRes paid a 70pc mark up to rent Chris Ellison-owned properties
Independent valuations that the owners of the four industrial facilities commissioned themselves indicated that the leases were well in excess of market rates.
- Neil Chenoweth and Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Once critical, billionaires and CEOs are hedging their bets on Trump
Except for Elon Musk, US business leaders are too scared to express a view in case the former president seeks revenge during his second term in the White House.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Future technology
Meet the oddest of the oddball billionaires
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son may have made and lost more money than anyone alive. It’s unlikely that he’s finished yet.
- Adrian Wooldridge
October
- Investigation
- Governance
How Richard White’s humble tech nerd image came undone
Why he clung on to his job at the top of WiseTech despite an $11 billion fortune as his personal life disintegrated is a question only he can answer.
- Max Mason, Kate McClymont and Nick McKenzie
- Updated
- Investigation
WiseTech chief executive Richard White quits amid scandal
The billionaire businessman will return as a full-time consultant on the same salary he enjoyed as chief executive of the company he founded three decades ago.
- Max Mason, Kate McClymont and Nick McKenzie
- Investigation
- Wisetech Global
Richard White gave $7m mansion to female WiseTech employee
But the billionaire businessman, who is the software firm’s chief executive, said he had disclosed the relationship before she started at the company.
- Updated
- Kate McClymont, Max Mason and Nick McKenzie
She’s a billionaire divorcee who ran for VP – now she’s a Trump star
A chameleon who rose from a hard childhood to join the most elite circles of big tech, Nicole Shanahan has had a startling transformation into the world of right-wing politics.
- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Ashley Parker, Meryl Kornfield and Aaron Schaffer
- Exclusive
- Investigation
Billionaire Richard White’s WiseTech share sales to pay ex-wife
The businessman has previously said he was selling down his stake in the software giant he founded because investors were demanding shares be made available.
- Max Mason, Kate McClymont, Tess Bennett and Anne Hyland
- Exclusive
- Richard White
‘LinkedIn Lecher’: WiseTech board to probe payments to CEO’s ex-lover
An investigation also reveals the businessman approached female entrepreneurs with offers of professional help that shifted into crude or suggestive language.
- Nick McKenzie, Max Mason and Kate McClymont
These are the new billionaires backing Trump, Harris
From venture capitalist Tim Draper to LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, many of America’s billionaires are out in force to help their candidate win an extremely tight presidential election.
- Matthew Cranston
