Business Leaders

The Peter Alexander brand now boasts 100 stores across Australia and New Zealand selling fashionable pyjamas, daywear and giftware.

Amongst Sir Ray Avery’s achievements are the intra-ocular lens for the Fred Hollows Association and a high-tech and low-cost infant incubator for premature babies.

As well as his venture capital firm, Mike Lazaridis has been active in philanthropic works that promote the role of science.

Graeme Hart has used leveraged buyouts to accumulate a packaging empire, with net worth now estimated at around $US7.6 billion (over $AUD10 billion).

Thérèse Rein is the original self-made woman, a super mum who has headed a multi-million dollar international company, raised a family and still found time for passionate advocacy.

In 2015, Fitbit shipped over 18 million fitness trackers, all without launching a single new product.

After founding SEEK with his brother Paul, Andrew Bassat is now the sole driver, and has steered the company to a public listing valued at $4.13 billion.

With an unswerving dedication to the products he sells, Marcus Blackmore has steered his company through every squall with the finesse of an experienced sailor

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