Download or read book Battlers and Billionaires written by Andrew Leigh and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Australia fair enough? And why does inequality matter anyway? In Battlers and Billionaires, Andrew Leigh weaves together vivid anecdotes, interesting history and powerful statistics to tell the story of inequality in this country. This is economics writing at its best. From egalitarian beginnings, Australian inequality rose through the nineteenth century. Then we became more equal again, with inequality falling markedly from the 1920s to the 1970s. Now, inequality is returning to the heights of the 1920s. Leigh shows that while inequality can fuel growth, it also poses dangers to society. Too much inequality risks cleaving us into two Australias, occupying fundamentally separate worlds, with little contact between the haves and the have-nots. And the further apart the rungs on the ladder of opportunity, the harder it is for a kid born into poverty to enter the middle class. Battlers and Billionaires sheds fresh light on what makes Australia distinctive, and what it means to have – and keep – a fair go.
Download or read book From Broke to Billionaire written by Nhan Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From broke to billionaire looks at which traits are common in billionaires and successful wealth creation by studying the careers of five of Australia's wealthiest men.
Download or read book Australian Billionaires written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the Australian Billionaire s Arms written by Margaret Way and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sonya Erickson is the talk of Sydney's social elite.Who is the dazzling young florist on the arm of the aging billionaire? David Wainwright can understand the fascination, but he won't let some fortune seeker take advantage of his uncle. Sydney was supposed to be the perfect place for Sonya to lie low, until an innocent friendship catapulted her into the spotlight. David's a powerful enemy, but it's her own attraction to him that's more terrifying. Sonya's afraid that once she's in his arms she won't want to run again….
Download or read book The Australian Millionaire s Love Child written by Robyn Grady and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie Gruebella is happy with her single life— until she overhears her friends discussing why she's still single! Could this be why she falls into bed with a man who's her complete opposite? Cooper Smith is as driven as he's drop-dead gorgeous! Cooper has life all planned out and his night with Sophie was amazing, but—on mutual agreement—not to be repeated. Three months later: the stick has turned pink. Sophie's expecting…and Cooper has just proposed a shotgun marriage….
Download or read book Richard Pratt One Out of the Box written by James Kirby and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Pratt was one of Australia's most successful, formidable and charismatic businessmen. Yet for all this he was unfailingly human, his life playing out like a drama even after the final act. Self-made billionaire, family man, generous philanthropist, patron of the arts and Carlton Football Club saviour were just a few of Pratt's many guises, and in this compelling biography the truth behind the headlines is revealed. The twists and turns of Pratt's life are chronicled with candour -- from humble beginnings in Poland to the heights of global business success tainted by the humiliating price-fixing scandal that earned Visy the largest corporate fine in Australia's history. Pratt's many achievements and controversies polarised public opinion but made him one of Australia's most enigmatic public figures. Though his legacy is debatable, no-one can deny that Richard Pratt was ... one out of the box.
Download or read book Who Wants to be a Billionaire written by Paul Barry and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Richard Pratt written by James Kirby and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you adopt my attitude to business, you cannot possibly fail" says Pratt, an emigrant boy from Shepparton, who has turned a small packaging business into a $3 billion empire that straddles the world. Richard leads Australia's biggest private family company from the front. As one of the most colourful, outspoken and generous figures in Australian commerce, he has become a legend whose lavish lifestyle is reported well beyond the confines of the business media. But behind the public image is a straight talking manager who knows how to get the best out of people. The story behind the Pratt family empire is one of commitment, adventure, and relentless drive for success. This is the first book about Richard Pratt.
Download or read book Return of the Outback Billionaire written by Kelly Hunter and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The billionaire is back. And he has a startling proposal! Seven years ago, Judah Blake took the fall for a crime he didn't commit, to save Bridie Starr. Now his family's land is in her hands, and to reclaim his slice of the Australian outback, he's got an announcement! Photographer Bridie's always idolised Judah, to whom she owes her life. Until the moment he springs a very public engagement on her! As they thrash out the terms of their new relationship, she will have to reckon with the untameable attraction that makes even cautious Bridie long to be wild...
Download or read book The Outsider s Edge written by Brent D. Taylor and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-01-14 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secret of extreme wealth creation The Outsider's Edge reveals the one common denominator the world's richest self-made people share. Studying the lives of 17 world-famous billionaires, author and researcher Brent Taylor discovered that their one shared experience is that of the outsider. From Bill Gates to Richard Branson to Warren Buffett, being different from their peers, and proud of it, has served as prime motivation for many of the world's most spectacularly successful people. Turning the conventional wisdom about wealth on its head, The Outsider's Edge reveals the true value and importance of being different. Brent Taylor (Australia) is a professional researcher who has worked for more than 20 years as a market researcher to government and corporations.
Download or read book The Australian Billionaire written by Britney M. Mills and published by International Billionaire Club. This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A self-made billionaire, his real estate agent and three weeks to find the right property. Jackson Walker hasn't had the best family life. Growing up in the foster system in Australia, it wasn't until he met his college football coach that he understood what a normal family looked like. When he gets the call that Coach has passed away, he returns to California for the funeral and to find a place to honor the man. Hailey Montgomery threw herself into real estate soon after breaking up with her boyfriend nearly five years ago. She's been working to build a name for herself and when the chance to make partner at her firm becomes available, she jumps at the chance. But the only way to achieve that distinction is to find a commercial property for the guy she's nicknamed 'Golden Boy' from all the stories her father told about him. As spending time together brings them closer, the trust between them is called into question. Can they work through what's happened in their individual pasts to create a relationship that will last?
Download or read book Game of Mates written by Cameron Murray and published by Publicious Pty Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James is our most mundane villain. His victim is Bruce, our typical Aussie, who bleeds from the hip pocket because of James' actions. Game of Mates tells a tale of economic theft across major sectors of Australia's economy, showing how James and his group of well-connected Mates siphon off billions from the economy to line their own pockets. In property, mining, transport, banking, superannuation, and many more sectors, James and his Mates cooperate to steal huge chunks of the economic pie for themselves. If you want to know how much this costs the nation, how it is done, and what we can do about it, Game of Mates is the book for you.
Download or read book Capitalist Networks and Social Power in Australia and New Zealand written by Georgina Murray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often asserted that the ruling elite in Western capitalist economies now consists of liberal intellectuals and their media sympathisers. By contrast this book looks at the real elite in Australian and New Zealand society and shows that there is still a ruling class based upon economic dominance. From an analysis of corporate and public records, interviews, and other primary and secondary data, it develops a picture of networks of power that are changing but are as real as any network in the past.
Download or read book The Outsider s Edge written by Brent D. Taylor and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secret of extreme wealth creation The Outsider's Edge reveals the one common denominator the world's richest self-made people share. Studying the lives of 17 world-famous billionaires, author and researcher Brent Taylor discovered that their one shared experience is that of the outsider. From Bill Gates to Richard Branson to Warren Buffett, being different from their peers, and proud of it, has served as prime motivation for many of the world's most spectacularly successful people. Turning the conventional wisdom about wealth on its head, The Outsider's Edge reveals the true value and importance of being different. Brent Taylor (Australia) is a professional researcher who has worked for more than 20 years as a market researcher to government and corporations.
Download or read book Return of the Outback Billionaire written by Kelly Hunter and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA TODAY bestselling author Kelly Hunter delights with this powerful fake engagement romance! The billionaire is back. And he has a startling proposal! Seven years ago, Judah Blake took the fall for a crime he didn’t commit to save Bridie Starr. Now his family’s land is in her hands, and to reclaim his slice of the Australian outback, he’s got an announcement! Photographer Bridie has always idolized Judah, to whom she owes her life. Until the moment he springs a very public engagement on her! As they thrash out the terms of their new relationship, she will have to reckon with the untamable attraction that makes even cautious Bridie long to be wild… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds. This book is also part of the Billionaires of the Outback series. Read all the Jet-Set Billionaires books: Book 1: Penniless and Pregnant in Paradise by Sharon Kendrick Book 2: The Royal Baby He Must Claim by Jadesola James Book 3: Innocent in the Sicilian's Palazzo by Kim Lawrence Book 4: Revealing Her Nine-Month Secret by Natalie Anderson Book 5: Cinderella for the Miami Playboy by Dani Collins Book 6: Their One-Night Rio Reunion by Abby Green Book 7: Snowbound with His Forbidden Princess by Pippa Roscoe Book 8: Return of the Outback Billionaire by Kelly Hunter
Download or read book Boganaire written by Paddy Manning and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From blue collar to billionaire ... Hunter Valley mine electrician Nathan Tinkler borrowed big in 2005, made a fortune from several speculative coal plays, and by 2011 was a self-made billionaire. He had gambled and won, but his volatility and reluctance to pay his debts were making him enemies. He lived the high life as only a young man would, buying luxury homes, private jets, sports cars and football teams, and splurging massively to build a horseracing empire. But Tinkler’s dreams had extended beyond even his resources, and his business model worked only in a rising market. When coal prices slumped in 2012, Tinkler had no cash flow to service his massive borrowings and no allies to help him recover. Within months he was trying desperately to stave off his creditors, large and small, and fighting to save his businesses and his fortune. In this impressive new biography, leading business writer Paddy Manning tells the story of Tinkler’s meteoric rise to wealth, and captures the drama of his equally rapid downfall.
Download or read book Kerry Stokes written by Andrew Rule and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling and inspirational story of the rags to riches life of Kerry Stokes, a remarkable Australian. Kerry Stokes is a remarkable Australian. Not because he is one of Australia's wealthiest and most powerful people, but because of what he overcame to get there and because he has endured when others didn't. His success and his rise have intrigued the business world for decades but there is so much more to him than multi-million dollar deals or mergers. Behind the laconic front is a human story as tough and touching as a Dickens tale: Oliver twist with great self-expectations. It is the story of a poor boy who stared down poverty, ignorance and the stigma of his illegitimate birth to achieve great wealth and fulfilment. He's a backstreets battler who has become a power player. It's a compelling and inspiring story that, until now, he has not told. Now he oversees a multi-billion dollar media, machinery and property empire. He is renowned for his art collection and for philanthropy, spending millions of dollars to buy - among other things - Victoria Crosses from soldiers' families to donate to the Australian War Memorial. But he's a private man. A man apart. He made his name in the West but kept his distance from the buccaneering band of entrepreneurs who forged fabulous fortunes in Perth from the 1960s until the 1987 crash. Bond went to jail, Holmes a Court died; Connell did both. Lesser lights flickered and faded but Stokes grew stronger, becoming a player alongside Murdoch, Packer and Lowy. His story fascinates all the more because he has spent most of his life guarding it. But now he's telling it, to one of Australia's great storytellers. He is the boy who came from nothing, who had nothing to lose. And now he has everything. It's a great Australian journey. ' ...possibly the greatest rags-to-riches story in our history ... journalist Andrew Rule has done an enviable job of capturing the essence of this fascinating man, from his Dickensian early life in the slums of Carlton to his relentless deal-making in the west and beyond ... the book is outstanding...' the Australian '... my pick is Andrew Rule's Kerry Stokes: the Boy from Nowhere. I was vaguely aware the Perth billionaire's story was one of rags to riches, but I didn't realise just how ragged were his early days. His achievement is inspirational.' Stephen Romei, the Australian
