Entrepreneur
The accidental barista who sparked Brisbane’s strawberry matcha craze
Marie David jumped into Brisbane’s cafe scene with zero experience. Four years later, her TikTok-famous drinks have competitors coming in to watch.
- Neesha Sinnya
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One day, Emma Grede picked up the phone to Kris Jenner. It made her a multimillionaire
The 43-year-old “Kardashian whisperer” says women can’t have it all. And she’s made $567 million from her choices.
- Gavanndra Hodge
‘I should have been dead’: He co-founded a $4.2b empire but has given it up to become a priest
Scott Borba was living the high life until one night at a party at his newly renovated house in the Hollywood Hills, he looked around and questioned everything.
- Michael Levenson
‘You’d be stupid to say, let’s invest’: Tax changes mean Chris is putting expansion on hold
While small business protests against changes to capital gains tax rules, the premier is demanding action on income tax.
- Jessica McSweeney, Cindy Yin and Max Maddison
Feuds, screaming and walkouts: The inside story of Gen Z queen’s volatile empire
A simmering feud with mega-influencer Alix Earle isn’t the only source of drama surrounding Alex Cooper’s growing podcast empire.
- Ashley Carman
How Australia’s largest music school disintegrated
The Stormer brothers, inspired by Silicon Valley, hosted a yacht party to celebrate their education empire. Now they are accused of fleecing staff, students and parents.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Lia Timson
Move over AI, seaweed is the new wonder product
One type of seaweed cuts methane emissions and fattens cattle and another has natural polymers that behave like plastic.
- Simon Johanson
‘Broke the mould’: Sydney fashion entrepreneur Premal Patel dead at 47
Influencers and Bollywood starlets wear his clothing, but Premal Patel was also a path-breaker for Australia’s Indian diaspora.
- Matt Wade
‘We are not selling out’: El Jannah’s new investor is a $180 billion US giant
The wildly popular Lebanese chicken chain has a deep-pocketed new backer to help it conquer Australia, and then its cultural motherland, Lebanon.
- Jessica Yun
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The smart decision 20 years ago that saved a Japanese town
Where others have withered, this mountain town has reinvented itself as a refuge for Tokyo’s entrepreneurs and artists - thanks to one smart decision.
- Lisa Visentin