Introduction

Writing books is like having babies. Straight after giving birth every mum claims she will never go through the pain again. As time passes, though, the wretched memories fade and, invariably, the clucky emotions surface again. After helping to write the investment book Masters of the Market, I thought writing another book was way off in the future. However, after three years, here we go again.

After working on the first edition of Masters of the Market with journalist Anthony Hughes and fellow funds manager Geoff Wilson, I started to think about conducting a series of interviews with Australia’s best chief executive officers. After pondering the idea for five years, I put the proposal to Anthony and he thought it was a worthwhile ...

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