Lifecycle
Exhibiting: Jackie Taranto
| Jeanne-Vida Douglas
Backpacking around Australia gave the chief executive of CeBIT the capacity to take on just about anything.
Pearly whites: Mike Timoney
| Jackie Range
Dental Partners chief executive Mike Timoney buys dental practices and takes on the business side, allowing dentists to concentrate on their profession.
Riding the boom: Scott Gralow
| Michael Bleby
Selling a Harley-Davidson motorbike requires a different set of skills from selling other bikes.
The entertainer: Russall Beattie
| Jackie Range
Russall Beattie has to work hard to keep up with a changing market at his venue.
Creative agent: Lindy Johnson
| Georgina Dent
The Queensland government’s chief creative agent is going out on her own
Crocs rescue: John McCarvel
| Samantha Hutchinson
Chief executive John McCarvel helped bring shoe brand Crocs back from crisis after its growth strategy went awry.
Manufacturers: Angus and JJ Blaiklock
| Michael Bailey
Think again, anyone who believes Australian design and manufacturing cannot compete with imports.
Luxury drives: Minette Collins
| Jackie Range
Minette Collins’s love of sports cars brought her a business opportunity.
Solar shines: Suren Chandrajit
| Michael Bleby
Suren Chandrajit thinks a journey from start-up to industry leader in less than three years is an achievement.
An education: Glyn Davis
| David James
Running an Australian university is a bit like running a very complex utility provider.
Family ties: Nikolas Stihl
| Samantha Hutchinson
It was time spent working outside the family business that stood Nikolas Stihl in good stead.
Coining it: Belinda Downie
| Michael Bleby
Belinda Downie’s top-end rare coins business, Coinworks, is actually suited to tough times.
Activism: Freda Miriklis
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Work experience during school holidays set the path for Freda Miriklis to become a stockbroker and women’s activist.
Blind confidence: Australian Outdoor Living
| Georgina Dent
Colin Kuchel became a manufacturer of outdoor blinds when Australian Outdoor Living couldn’t find decent suppliers.
Fighting cancer: Nick Lee
| Jackie Range
Bowel cancer awareness group The Jodi Lee Foundation wants to broaden its support base.
Cultivating: Jos Webber
| Andrew Heathcote
Jos Webber is one of a small number of Australian coffee bean growers.
Corporate cop: Catherine Burn
| Nassim Khadem
Catherine Burn, the highest ranking policewoman in Australia, is also a savvy businesswoman
Topping up: Bruce Baudinet
| Jessica Gardner
The commercial property developer and manager brings deal expertise to vineyard acquisitions.
Inheriting style: Tim Cecil
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Tim Cecil’s sartorial elegance has ensured that he is as much an icon in Melbourne as the venerable Henry Bucks.
Tasty: Leonardo Carbonara
| David James
Australia’s high level of migration is shaping the local food industry.
Expanding: Allan Wakefield
| Sally Rose
Providing lattes and trimmed hedges might just be the way to clients’ hearts.
Unconventional: Margot and Mark Cunich
| Andrew Heathcote
A mother and son team have built a business that runs conferences for doctors.
Incubating: Bardia Housman
| Jeanne-Vida Douglas
Serial entrepreneur Bardia Housman has created a space for other businesses to begin.
Heritage: Faber-Castell
| Georgina Dent
2011 marks 250 years in business for the Faber-Castell family.
Cooking: Lyndey Milan and John Caldon
| Michael BaileyA celebrity chef and a Macquarie founding father have cooked up a TV production business.
Cruising: Karen Christensen
| Lisa Allen
Karen Christensen holds a powerful job – head of Silversea Cruises Australasia – but she well remembers tougher days.
Going national: Peta Mantzarapis
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Peta Mantzarapis has guided the Maloney Field Services from South Australia to being a national enterprise.
Cultural horizons: Conny Dietzschold
| Emily Chantiri
Conny Dietzschold hopes to bring more international art to Australia.