The Interview Australia
Australia's flagship business series, featuring the most in-depth profile of business leaders & rich-listers in generations. Founded & hosted by Rob Langton. #ausbiz #businessnews #richlist #readymedia #propertyau #businessau
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July 8, 2025 • 77 mins
Peter Freedman AM is the self-made billionaire maverick behind one of Australia’s greatest manufacturing success stories.
As the Founder and Chairman of RØDE Microphones, he turned a near-bankrupt family electronics business in 1987 into a global powerhouse—now exporting to over 120 countries, manufacturing everything in Sydney, and used by the world’s leading content creators, filmmakers, musicians, and broadcasters.
Bold, drive...
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June 21, 2025 • 53 mins
In this exclusive feature profile, we sit down with one of Australia’s most enduring and visionary entrepreneurs — Malcolm Steinberg.
Born and raised in Perth in the 1940s, Malcolm’s entrepreneurial journey began at just 18 years old, when he acquired 21 pinball machines from a relative and began placing them in corner stores, milk bars, and pubs across the city.
That humble venture marked the beginning of what would become a pi...
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June 11, 2025 • 51 mins
In this exclusive profile, Michael Dempsey, Founder of Ezidebit shares his remarkable journey in building & scaling his global payments business prior to selling for $305m in 2014.
Michael Dempsey is a prominent Australian entrepreneur and investor, best known for founding Ezidebit, a leading payments processing company that revolutionized the way Australian businesses manage electronic transactions.
Starting in 1998, Michael le...
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May 30, 2025 • 49 mins
Today, we are privileged to sit down with Karl Morris, the CEO and Managing Director of
Ord Minnett, one of Australia’s leading wealth management and financial services firms.
With over 30 years of experience in the financial industry, Karl’s leadership has been pivotal
in steering Ord Minnett through significant growth and adaptation in an ever-changing
market.
A proud Brisbane native, Karl’s career path began with a foundation ...
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May 19, 2025 • 78 mins
Joining our program on this episode is self-made billionaire Grant Petty - the founder and CEO of Blackmagic Design, the company behind some of the most game-changing technology in the film, television, and live production industries.
From cinema cameras to colour grading software to live switchers, Blackmagic has redefined what’s possible—and who gets access to it.
What started in Grant’s garage in Melbourne is now powering ever...
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April 26, 2025 • 51 mins
Our guest on today’s episode is investment legend, Morry Waked - the low profile but high-achieving Founding Principal & Managing Director of Vinva Investment Management.
Vinva Investment Management is an independent, global investment firm that specialises in managing active equity strategies across Australian & global equity markets, with a remarkable $25bn of funds under management - in 2024, Magellan acquired a minority equit...
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April 12, 2025 • 33 mins
In this exclusive feature profile, Perth businessman, investor & rich-lister Ross Norgard shares his business career - from working as a chartered accountant in the halcyon days that was Western Australia in the 1980's, to the high-achieving deal-maker famed for rescuing and listing hundreds of businesses on the ASX over a four plus decade journey.
More recently, Ross was the Founding Chairman of NearMap - a business that was acqu...
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April 5, 2025 • 56 mins
An exclusive profile of self-made multi-millionaire & entrepreneur, Rory Vassallo - sharing his extraordinary self-made journey in building one of Australia’s most successful childcare businesses, ultimately culminating in a circa $65m deal to sell 22 centres to G8 Education in 2014 before embarking on a number of private ventures including more recently, taking back management control of fourteen centres.
In this fascinating dis...
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February 23, 2025 • 61 mins
We’re fortunate to have the opportunity to be joined on today’s episode with Nick Wakim - the self-made Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Lithium, a pure-play developer embarking on a globally significant journey to
become one of the World’s largest producers of lithium.
Born in Melbourne to parents of Lebanese heritage, Nick’s upbringing saw him move multiple times across the World from an early age, transitioning vari...
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September 9, 2024 • 63 mins
Joining our series for his first exclusive, in-depth profile is self-made businessman & healthcare entrepreneur Dennis Bastas - Executive Chairman & CEO of DBG Health, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Arrotex Pharmaceuticals and Chairman of burgeoning consumer health enterprise, VidaCorp.
In this exclusive interview, Dennis takes us on a journey throughout his remarkable career, from the pivotal moments that led him into the ...
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July 21, 2024 • 89 mins
Joining our program in this exclusive feature profile is Tony Quinn - Founder of Quinn Family Office.
A visionary, pioneer & the man with the Midas touch, Tony’s remarkable business success is a journey across three Countries, wherein his innate corporate nous combined with a relentless work ethic has enabled him to scale to the top of a diverse range of industry sectors including fresh pet food, confectionary, motorsport & commer...
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July 16, 2024 • 49 mins
Joining our program on this episode is prolific developer, agricultural investor & businessman Gerard O’Brien - Founder & Director of Silverleaf Investments, a privately held commercial real estate investment company.
For over three decades, Gerard has been an instrumental figure across Western Australia’s real estate & business communities, playing an integral role particularly throughout Fremantle wherein his award-winning retai...
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July 16, 2024 • 62 mins
Joining our program on this episode in what is a unique & exclusive profile is Dan White - a 4th generation, executive member of the venerable White family real estate dynasty who currently serves as Managing Director of Ray White Group & Chairman of White & Partners.
Established in 1902, the Ray White Group is Australia’s largest & most successful real estate agency business, encompassing some twelve thousand plus members working...
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July 16, 2024 • 47 mins
Joining our program on this episode is Denis Wagner, Co-Founder & Non Executive Chairman of Wagners and Director of Wagner Corporation.
With a family association to Queensland’s Darling Downs region that predates an astonishing one-hundred-and-fifty years, Wagners & Wagner Corporation are unquestionably two of Australia’s largest and most successful businesses, with operations across manufacturing, construction, commercial propert...
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July 16, 2024 • 35 mins
Joining our program on this episode is prolific entrepreneur Jamie Pherous - Founder & Managing Director of Corporate Travel Management.
Launched in 1994 as a start-up with just two personnel, Corporate Travel Management (CTM) has since grown to become one of Australia’s largest home-grown business success stories.
As of May 2024, the firm boasts a market capitalisation in excess of $2.2bn, revenues exceeding $500m per year and s...
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July 16, 2024 • 82 mins
Joining our program on this episode to share what is undoubtedly one of Australia’s most remarkable self-made business success stories is Billionaire Trevor Lee, Founder & Principal of Australian Country Choice Group- the largest & most successful, privately-owned, vertically integrated beef processing company in Australia.
In this rare & exclusive profile of one of Australia’s most successful yet private businessman, Trevor chart...
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July 16, 2024 • 71 mins
Joining our series on this episode is Co-Founder & Managing Director of ACFS Port Logistics, Arthur Tzaneros.
Alongside his father Terry, Arthur launched ACFS in 2005, growing the business over the course of the past two decades to become Australia’s largest private owned container logistics operator.
With National operations across transport, warehousing and freight logistics, ACFS has some 1,500 personnel working across company...
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July 16, 2024 • 38 mins
Joining our series for an exclusive feature profile is Jack Hutchinson - Director & Board Member of Australia's oldest & most successful privately-owned construction firm, Hutchinson Builders.
Established in 1912, Hutchinson Builders is one of Australia's preeminent construction firms, having completed a remarkable 7,500 projects with an end value in excess of $35bn.
Jack is a qualified quantity surveyor and a licenced builder. ...
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July 16, 2024 • 46 mins
Our special guest on this episode is prolific hospitality entrepreneur & commercial property investor, Graham Hardie - Chairman & Founder of Hardie Finance Corporation & principal of Entertainment Enterprises.
A stalwart of Perth’s business scene for over four decades, Graham established and led more than thirty venues across the City including renowned names such as Paramount, Arcadia, Underground, Bill’s, Empire Bar, Havana & T...
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July 16, 2024 • 62 mins
In a rare & exclusive profile, Founder of Costa Asset Management & high-profile member of the revered Costa Family dynasty, Robert Costa joins our series on this episode to discuss his diverse professional career which extends across wholesaling, retail, commercial property investment & philanthropy.
The son of Sicilian migrants who commenced their grocery business with the purchase & evolution of Geelong’s Covent Garden in the m...
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