Billionaire Richard White topped up his bank account in the December quarter, selling more than $440 million worth of shares in WiseTech, the logistics software company he founded 30 years ago. The sale represents less than 1.5% of his holding in WiseTech (ASX: WTC). White sold 3,564,742 shares across 31 days of on-market trading between… Read more »
WiseTech Global director and cofounder Maree Isaacs has sold her 8.17% stake in RealWise Holdings, the company that owns more than a third of ASX-listed logistics company (ASX: WTC), to the man she launched the business with 30 years ago, Richard White. White already owns the other 92% of RealWise Holdings, meaning he now owns… Read more »
WiseTech Global’s billionaire former CEO Richard White may be on leave from the company he founded 30 years ago, but he’s keeping busy on the business front, increasing his stake in ASX-listed Vinyl Group via a deal involving another one of his investments, the music licensing startup Songtradr. White stepped down as WiseTech’s boss last… Read more »
WiseTech founder Richard White has stepped down as CEO of WiseTech Global, resigned from its board and also as a director of industry lobby group the TechCouncil of Australia. The billionaire fell on his sword late on Thursday afternoon following a fortnight of media reports about his private life, including legal action, settled on Monday,… Read more »
Multi-billionaire Richard White’s early career was famously rock n roll as a guitar technician for AC/DC, but over the past month his life story has become more Shakespearean, with a sprinkling of Streisand effect, that’s taken the WiseTech Global founder from the business section to front pages amid lurid details of his personal life. It… Read more »
Shares in logistics software company WiseTech Global are on a fresh tear today, setting new records following the company’s FY2024 annual results on Wednesday. Founder and CEO Richard White is already a billionaire thanks to the success of Sydney-based WiseTech, which the former AC/DC guitar technician launched in 1994 by writing code for Australian freight… Read more »
WiseTech Global founder and CEO Richard White has returned to his rock n roll roots investing $11 million in ASX-listed music company, Vinyl Group (ASX: VNL) as part of a deal to acquire Australia’s largest youth publisher The Brag Media, publishers of local editions of Rolling Stone and Variety. The billionaire, who made his fortune… Read more »
Richard White, the Sydney-based billionaire founder of ASX-listed freight logistics business WiseTech Global, has acquired recently delisted data services company Kyckr. The deal is worth around $43.5 million, and was made throughWhite’s personal investment vehicle RealWise KYK AV Pty Ltd. Kyckr provides real-time Know Your Customer (KYC/KYB) and and Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) data from… Read more »
Wisetech Global CEO & founder Richard White. WiseTech is a Sydney-based logistics company that’s pushed hard into tech in recent years Its shares jumped after beating its own revenue growth predictions for FY19 The company has invested heavily in tech development and acquisitions to scale rapidly Operating profit increased 37% to $80.2 million WiseTech… Read more »
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