How I Made It

4.6 (298)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
UPDATED WEEKLY

Building wealth from the ground up: How I Made It is a fortnightly podcast featuring stories from inside the Australian Financial Review's Rich List.

4 AUG

Sam Kroonenburg’s success is only possible because of his wife

Sam Kroonenburg built a company from his bedroom, with him and his brother Ryan both making about $500 million. But Sam, 40, is doing what he can to avoid the trappings of wealth. Further reading: Aussie who sold cloud start-up for $2b jumps on AI for ads Young Rich Lister says more founders should take cash off the table See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

55 min
14 JULY

How exquisite timing helped Kerry Harmanis forge a fortune

After deciding working at Legal Aid wasn’t the career for him, Kerry Harmanis applied to an art school. He was rejected and turned to prospecting in WA. It was a journey that led to the $3.1 billion sale of Jubilee Mines right as nickel prices peaked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

44 min
30 JUNE

Paul Blackburne: Why cars, boats and houses won’t make you happy

Paul Blackburne built a property company that in 2016 land him on the Financial Review Rich List with an estimated $536 million fortune. He’s also seen other people make lots of money and says there’s a success trap entrepreneurs need to be mindful of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

44 min
16 JUNE

Why Richard White avoids risk at all costs

Richard White wanted to be a rock and roll star. He ended up developing software for companies in the logistics industry. In 1994 he founded Wise Tech Global and is now the 11th wealthiest person in Australia. To ask a question, email howimadeit@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Commonwealth Private To find out more about Commonwealth Private click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1 hr
2 JUNE

Steph Claire Smith’s top tips to building a social media empire

How a back of the napkin plan put fitness star Steph Claire Smith on the Young Rich List. To ask a question, email howimadeit@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Commonwealth Private To find out more about Commonwealth Private click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

58 min
19 MAY

Mark Woodland: From Maccas to building a $100m company with zero qualifications

Mark Woodland was expanding his education start-up before realising he’d overlooked a critical component for its success. He had to fix it, even if it meant a bunch of staff walked out the door. To ask a question, email howimadeit@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Commonwealth Private To find out more about Commonwealth Private click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

54 min
5 MAY

Nick Bell's first business flopped, his next made him millions

Serial entrepreneur Nick Bell sits down with Julie-anne Sprague to chat about his latest business venture, which aims to help people live longer. He also details his recent trip to Mexico, where he spent $700,000 on injections to alter his genes. To ask a question, email howimadeit@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Commonwealth Private To find out more about Commonwealth Private click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

56 min
21 APR

Shaun Bonétt: The homeschooled billionaire who built a fortune before turning 40

In this week's episode, Precision Group founder Shaun Bonétt chats to Julie-anne Sprague about becoming one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs. A journey that went from home schooling to buying his first shopping centre at just 24 years of age. To ask a question, email howimadeit@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Commonwealth Private To find out more about Commonwealth Private click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6 July

Laurence Wilson

Love your podcasts Julie Anne Sprague. They are inspiring, more particularly Paul Blackburn and Richard White who are the most recent. Would love to hear from Kerry Stokes in the same vane but that might be a mountain too hard to climb.
More women please!!

25 June

Pixieness

Love this inspiring podcast, my only suggestion is more women please!
Absolute gainer for newbies to become advance in finance by the help of sharks on top

3 Jan

Nasheet Ahmed

I regret not listening to these podcast or following financial review Australia earlier, it is no inspiring and knowledgeable for people in finance industry.
Cathie Reid ✅✅

2 Jan

! Misha !

Just listened to Cathie’s interview, what a breath of fresh air and a terrific entrepreneurial story. Great series and more women next season please!