Richard White
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King Richard: WiseTech Global review says founder promises to do better on ‘unacceptable’ conduct

- March 20, 2025 3 MIN READ

WiseTech Global’s founder and newly appointed board chair Richard White “made inaccurate and incomplete disclosures concerning the nature and duration of his relationship” involving two employees, but has pledged to do better, an ongoing report into his behaviour as the former CEO has found. Releasing a 9-page update to the ASX, WiseTech said the board… Read more »

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Prodigal founder: Richard White returns to WiseTech as executive chairman after boardroom bloodletting

- February 26, 2025 3 MIN READ

Wisetech Global’s former CEO, Richard White, finally has a new job at the logistics software company he founded 30 years ago – executive chairman. The appointment follows the resignation of former chair Richard Dammery and three other non-executive directors, Lisa Brock, Michael Malone and Fiona Pak-Poy, on Monday in a battle for control of the… Read more »

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Four WiseTech Global directors, including the chair, resign in fight over founder Richard White’s future – and the logistics company’s share fell 21%

- February 24, 2025 3 MIN READ

Four independent non-executive directors (NED), on the WiseTech board, including chair Richard Dammery, have resigned and will depart from the company when its half-yearly results are released on Wednesday. The other NEDS stepping down are Lisa Brock, Michael Malone and Fiona Pak-Poy. Joining as a new director of the ASX-listed logistics software business is Shearwater… Read more »

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WiseTech shares are in a trading halt until next week

- February 20, 2025 3 MIN READ

WiseTech Global shares were placed in a trading halt on Thursday morning at the logistic company’s request amid undisclosed governance concerns. Trade is not expected to resume until at least Monday, February 24. An update on the review was expected when the company reports on Wednesday. “The trading halt is requested to enable the Company… Read more »

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ASX

WiseTech concedes there have been two more complaints about founder Richard White

- February 11, 2025 2 MIN READ

ASX-listed WiseTech Global’s billionaire founder Richard White has been subject to more two confidential complaints , from an employee and supplier, the company conceded on Monday following media reports of more allegations of inappropriate conduct. “These are being considered in the ongoing Board Review,” the logistics software company said in a statement to the market.… Read more »

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ASX

WiseTech billionaire Richard White buys out his cofounder

- December 3, 2024 2 MIN READ

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 »

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A $92,000 furniture bill has cost WiseTech founder Richard White billions – and a lot more

- October 22, 2024 3 MIN READ

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 »

WiseTech Global founder and CEO Richard White
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WiseTech Global’s FY24 results just made founder Richard White a billionaire all over again, and again

- August 22, 2024 3 MIN READ

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 »

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Business

WiseTech’s billionaire founder, Richard White, snaps up regtech venture Kyckr

- January 12, 2023 2 MIN READ

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 »