Venture capitalist Daniel Petre on how he turned digital startups into financial bonanzas for traditional media titans Kerry & James Packer, but also how family tragedy transformed his life into much more than just business success‪.‬ Build It. They'll Come.

Co-founder of AirTree Ventures has been an Australian role model & trailblazer in the digital technology space for over 3 decades. But after early business career success working for Bill Gates at Microsoft, a seismic personal event made Daniel Petre decide there was more that he needed to do to become, in his view, a better person and a good dad to his daughters. So he set out on a slightly less travelled path. He kept up the business success – as one of Australia’s premier venture capital investors in promising startups -- but along the journey he also managed to become a strong philanthropist, and even a best-selling author on, of all subjects, fatherhood!
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