@YolandaRedrup

AFR Rich List editor, also writing on tech and start-ups. Mum to Olive the bulldog. Email: [email protected]. Views are my own. https://xitter.cf/t.co/BmSeVnShxh

 Melbourne
Joined March 2011
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In the few weeks leading up to having Kaia I spent almost all my time writing a series of features on how $CSL went from the ugly duckling of the privatisation era to the biotech giant it is today. Part one is out today: afr.com/companies/healthcare…

How CSL went from ‘bloated bureaucracy’ to $145b global behemoth

Blood Money | When Brian McNamee took on the top job at Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, the government-run entity was barely worth the land it was built on.

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I don’t post on X much these days, but this was worth a mention. Up on this week’s How I Made It podcast is my chat with @ROKT CEO Bruce Buchanan. As a teenager, he paid his own way through his final years of high school while sleeping on a friend’s floor: afr.com/technology/rokt-boss…

He could’ve been Qantas CEO. Instead, he started a $7.2b company

Rokt boss Bruce Buchanan has two lessons for success – he advises entrepreneurs to lean into failure and invest 10,000 hours in learning.

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Horrifying. After a month of constant red flags at a childcare owned by this same PE company, we changed centres and it was the best decision we could have made. Parents, trust your gut. theage.com.au/national/frank…

Frankie thought her daughter was safe at daycare. Her child’s life changed forever

The Sydney daycare centre that Stevie attended has been hit with a swath of serious complaints and had its licence suspended for three months.

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Awesome to meet the young Aussie everyone is talking about on the eve of his hometown race! Oscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year success: afr.com/companies/sport/chic…

Oscar Piastri on the secret of his success

The Australian Formula 1 driver says his race day routine involves the same lunch, no matter where he is.

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Honoured to be featured in the AFR alongside some incredible women who are shaping the investment landscape in family offices. A huge thank you to @YolandaRedrup and @FinancialReview for highlighting the diverse paths that lead to investing and venture. afr.com/wealth/investing/mee…

Meet the women controlling the wealth of Australia’s richest families

Family offices in Australia have traditionally been run by men but as wealth shifts to the next generation and tech fortunes change the game, more women are taking the reins.

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Anyone else finding their iPhone 16 overheats for no reason?! Surely a phone shouldn’t get so hot it’s difficult to hold.
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Yolanda Redrup retweeted
Cat Rubens@catrubens25 Nov 2024
1. I don’t often tweet about my personal life, but on 1st November, my mum Jane was hit by a large vehicle as a pedestrian in St. Louis, USA. She suffered a severe brain injury & remains in a coma in hospital. Here's Jane & me in happier times.
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“I always say there are no luggage racks on hearses"- Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler are giving away their fortune: afr.com/wealth/people/lonely…

Lonely Planet founders not content with giving away half their wealth

Tony and Maureen Wheeler are doubling down on their commitment to Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre with a big commitment to match donations.

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This was a particularly enjoyable piece to write. Loved delving into the neuroscience of aphantasia: afr.com/life-and-luxury/heal…

Aphantasia: What it’s like when your mind’s eye is blind and you can’t visualise anything in your...

A tweet about visualising a red apple went viral in 2020 but my mind was just black. It changed my understanding of myself and the world around me.

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This beauty is out today, so go get yourselves a copy! Filled with inspiring, raw and insightful stories and beautiful photography and illustrations.
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A developer for e-commerce entrepreneurs, co-founders taking their technology to the moon and a retailer shaping what women wear to work are among the 17 fresh faces on this year's @FinancialReview Young Rich List: afr.com/young-rich/meet-the-…

Meet the 17 new faces on this year’s Young Rich List

Technology entrepreneurs, retailers, musicians and sports stars are among this year’s debutants.

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Really proud of this one. Give it a read when you get a chance today - thanks to everyone who took the time to speak to me for it including @thelazyceo and @_Timdoyle: afr.com/wealth/people/the-re…

The real cost of being a Young Rich founder

Many successful entrepreneurs are glad they didn’t know what they were in for, as it would have discouraged them from taking a rocky, albeit rewarding path.

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Serial founder and cyber guru Alisdair Faulkner went from being a “crocodile country” coder to selling ThreatMetrix for more than $1b. Now, he's ready for his main act as CEO of Darwinium: afr.com/wealth/people/this-t…

He sold his firm for $1b, but believes the next can be 10 times bigger

Tech guru Alisdair Faulkner went from being a “crocodile country” coder to selling little-known ThreatMetrix for a landmark sum. He now has greater ambitions.

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Drone start-up Swoop Aero hit turbulence when the tech market turned and investors started wanting it to get its drones to market faster to generate revenue quicker. Now, it's been placed in administration: afr.com/technology/drone-sta…

Drone start-up Swoop Aero crashes to earth, enters administration

Swoop Aero, a drone delivery start-up backed by CSIRO’s Main Sequence, is being restructured by administrators two years after turning down a $100m takeover.

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In 2020 I realised I had aphantasia when that meme about imagining a red apple went viral... thinking of writing a piece on it since so many people still haven't heard of it. Anyone else in my orbit also have it?! Would love to hear about your experiences...
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This is the first installment of a new weekly series on successful founders. Gabriel Jakob has founded and sold three businesses for hundreds of millions of dollars, but chances are you’ve never heard of him: afr.com/wealth/people/this-m…

This immigrant quietly made $550m. He has tips for making $1b

Gabriel Jakob is one of the most successful Australian entrepreneurs you’ve probably never heard of. Now he’s telling his story, but not posing for a full photo.

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Who is heading along to the LaunchVic gala tonight?!
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When Altium CEO Aram Mirkazemi came to Australia as an 18-year-old refugee from Iran, he was alone and spoke very little English. Now, 39 years later, he landed Australia's largest software deal: afr.com/technology/how-an-ir…

How an Iranian refugee landed Australia’s biggest software deal

When Altium CEO Aram Mirkazemi landed at Hobart Airport as a refugee from Iran he had very little English, but six weeks later he was studying at university.

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It’s been a rollercoaster ride for @illuviumio, taking four years, $US70 million and fracturing relationships, but the Warwick brothers’ much-anticipated game has launched: afr.com/rich-list/inside-the…

Inside the $26b journey of this Young Rich Lister’s crypto game

The Warwick brothers’ blockchain-based game Illuvium has finally launched, marking a new chapter in the wild ride of their billion-dollar company.

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Parents whose kids had a really strong parental preference as babies/toddlers, how long until it ended and did you do anything that you think helped accelerate the phase?
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At least 100 Australian climate tech start-ups need urgent funding in the next 9 months, but investors have a high bar: afr.com/technology/aussie-te…

Aussie tech’s climate crisis as start-ups face capital crunch

At least 100 Australian climate tech start-ups need to raise capital in the next nine months to avoid going bust, but say the bar for investment is sky-high.

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