Len Ainsworth
News and interviews on Len Ainsworth including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
The new breed of nevertireesMonday, 11 October 2010
Next year, 73-year-old beverages entrepreneur Peter Brooks will make one of the biggest debuts on the BRW Rich 200 list, with a fortune of about $350 million. ...
The rich start their comeback
Monday, 06 July 2009
If you are a typical investor, it's unlikely that you bothered to celebrate the end of the 2008-09 financial year. Let's face it - it was a shocker. ...
Australia's richest family feuds
Monday, 22 June 2009
You can choose your friends and business partners, but you can't choose your family. Just ask Indian billionaire brothers Anil and Mukesh Ambani, who are locked in one of the biggest family feuds in living memory. ...
The year the rich would rather forget
Friday, 12 December 2008
The year 2008 may well go down in history as the year Australia’s richest investors lost their mojo. JAMES THOMSON tracks the downward spiral, and measures the rich top 30’s rate of leakage. ...
The world’s richest tightwads
Saturday, 08 November 2008
You know times are tough when even the wealthy start tightening their belts. By JAMES THOMSON ...
Rich day, poor day: Perth billionaire donates $20 million while pokie king loses $170 million
Thursday, 31 July 2008
The fortunes of Perth billionaire Ralph Sarich and gaming machine industry veteran Len Ainsworth took very different turns yesterday. ...
Mining boom saves the Rich 200, but tougher times ahead: Thomson
Thursday, 29 May 2008
The annual celebration of Australian wealth that is the BRW Rich 200 hits the streets today. But many of the people on the list – particularly those not involved in digging rocks out of the ground – are likely to be cheering. It has been a difficult year for ...
Not yet time to cash-in the chips
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Aristocrat Leisure founder Len Ainsworth has taken a beating from the sharemarket, but is patiently hanging on for a turnaround. By JAMES THOMSON ...
Entrepreneurs suffering the most pain
Monday, 14 January 2008
Reckon your share portfolio has had a poor start to the year? You’re not alone. Australia’s 30 biggest sharemarket investors – a list that includes giants such as James Packer, Andrew Forrest, Frank Lowy and Gerry Harvey – have seen more than $2.8 billion ...
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