Trent Davis had several businesses before he was 22 years old, ranging from IT support to commercial childcare centre management systems which he started in high school. Starting his fifth company Netbox Blue in 1999, he took an organic growth approach. Now, Trent has built Netbox Blue into a formidable company with over 30 staff across Australia, selling to the ...

Over the past 20 years Dimity Dornan has helped countless hearing impaired children to listen and speak like children with normal hearing. A speech pathologist turned social entrepreneur, Dimity founded Hear and Say in 1992, developing it into one of the world’s leading paediatric auditory-verbal and cochlear implant centres. Today, Hear and Say provides services for ...

From pizza delivery driver to pizza store entrepreneur, to Group CEO and Managing Director of Australia’s largest and first publicly-listed pizza chain – Don Meij has proven passion, dedication and a keen business sense mean everything when it comes to climbing the corporate ladder. In 1996 Don became a Domino’s franchisee and built a network of 17 stores. He now ...

Immigration lawyer turned entrepreneur Damian Griffiths has been shaping and challenging Brisbane’s social landscape for the past six years. Dubbed the ‘godfather of bar culture’, Damian is the name behind the boutique Limes Hotel, popular hybrid dining/cocktail experience Alfred and Constance and the unique new Chester Street Bakery and Bar. Starting from humble ...

Graham ’Skroo’ Turner is not your usual corporate leader.  He remains down to earth without the need to surround himself with the trappings of his success. The financial bottom line at Flight Centre is important, but it has been achieved because Skroo also believes in empowering employees, rewarding initiative and fostering the spirit of a large tribe throughout the ...

Shainiel Deo is CEO of Halfbrick Studios, a game development company based in Queensland with offices in Sydney, Spain and San Francisco. Halfbrick is the creator of hit game Fruit Ninja, one of the most successful apps of all time. To date, it has been downloaded more than 300 million times and is on more than one third of all US iPhones. Game Changers is a Queensland ...

For someone who never aspired to be a corporate executive, Nicole Hollows has broken all the rules. Nicole became CEO and Managing Director of Macarthur Coal at the age of 35. She is the only female chief executive of a major Queensland mining company, forging a career in a traditionally male-dominated industry. In her five years in the role, she has steered the ...

From one small store in Brisbane’s Ann Street in 1977, Heath Goddard has grown Pillow Talk into a national retail chain. The retail industry is being rocked by the impact of online shopping and a turbulent economy, while Pillow Talk is pursuing an expansionary strategy. In a homogenised industry, Pillow Talk diversified and innovated homeware design and now hosts ...