Yesterday
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
Cannon-Brookes, Benioff-backed start-up lays off staff in US pullback
Loam Bio, a start-up that has raised more than $150 million from high-profile investors, has laid off the majority of its staff in the US.
- Tess Bennett
This Month
Billionaires fund Santos’ bête noire
Gas circles have long pondered the possible connection of Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest to a case against the gas giant. But he’s not involved.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Atlassian founders $3.8b poorer as market punishes revenue miss
Slowing revenue growth has dampened Scott Farquhar’s final showing as co-CEO of Atlassian.
- Tess Bennett
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
AI hype just collided with recession fears
Investors were already worried about how artificial intelligence investment will turn into profits. That’s being compounded by fears of a broader economic slowdown.
- James Thomson
July
- Exclusive
- Renewables
Grok Ventures boss woos wealthy families for Sun Cable
The chief executive of Mike Cannon-Brookes’ private vehicle is plotting a pivot – opening it up to outside investors.
- Primrose Riordan
June
Cannon-Brookes’ $10m office reno tops architecture awards
The focus on giving new life to old buildings is crucial at a time when preserving embodied carbon of existing buildings is an increasing priority.
- Michael Bleby
Money from Mike Cannon-Brookes has so much energy
Through Boundless, the software billionaire’s donations find their way into interesting places.
- Mark Di Stefano
‘First draft fairy:’ How corporate lawyers are using game-changing AI
Legal eagles inside some of Australia’s best-known companies are training themselves to stay competitive in the AI era.
- Paul Smith
May
How to invest like a Rich Lister and beat the market
There are 37 listed stocks linked to Rich List members, and their ability to deliver above-market returns is impressive.
- Updated
- James Thomson
- Exclusive
- Rich List
Australia’s wealthiest 200 now control $625b
Technology is back, resources rode a roller coaster and property growth returned, giving Australia’s Rich Listers an 11pc boost to their total fortune.
- Updated
- Yolanda Redrup and Michael Bailey
Palmer says billionaires like him shouldn’t get a break on bills
The Rich Lister, who is eligible for the power bill rebate on several of his homes, says the money would be better spent on households that desperately need it.
- Campbell Kwan and Bonnie Campbell
April
Why Mike Cannon-Brookes invested in this mushroom
A tree-planting boom is required to get the world to net-zero, and the billionaire is betting mushrooms and fungi will be a crucial enabler
- Peter Ker and Lap Phan
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Scott Farquhar departs with Atlassian at a crucial point
Atlassian’s unique two-CEO model is ending at a fascinating time for the company, as its shares lag the broader tech sector.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Scott Farquhar to step down as Atlassian co-CEO
After more than two decades at the helm, the co-founder of the Nasdaq-listed software giant departs, leaving Mike Cannon-Brookes as sole charge.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett, John Davidson and Yolanda Redrup
- Opinion
- Political leadership
A governor-general from the Chairman’s Lounge
The PM is truer than he knows when he says Sam Mostyn represents modern Australia. It’s a nation of talkers, not doers.
- John Roskam
- Opinion
- Energy transition
The PM has made a silly billion-dollar bet on solar panels
The price of solar panels has plunged and overseas makers are going broke, making it even more puzzling why the government is making a $1 billion taxpayer bet.
- John Kehoe
March
Singo sells famed Paddington complex for more than $30m
Annie Todd, the estranged wife of Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, will take ownership of The Bonython office complex in Paddington.
- Larry Schlesinger and Bonnie Campbell
New York investment giant backs Zen Energy in $200m big battery play
The company is backed by economist Ross Garnaut and his son, chief executive Anthony Garnaut, expects the grid-scale battery to be running early next year.
- Simon Evans
How this Deloitte auditor got his chance to rescue AGL as CEO
Becoming a CEO was never a goal that drove Damien Nicks’ career, but when the energy company hit its lowest point, he knew it was the right time to step up.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
February
Keating’s list of business greats spans miners and property moguls
Keith Campbell, Rod Carnegie and Marius Kloppers were all praised by the prime minister who oversaw a period of great change in the Australian economy.
- Michael Stutchbury
