Dynasties & family wars
The great business families and the fights over the fortune.
- ArticleKerry Packer: cricket, casinos and his famous tax line
Kerry Packer built World Series Cricket, gambled in millions and told a Senate committee why he wouldn't pay more tax than he had to. A profile.
- ArticleRupert Murdoch: from one Adelaide paper to a global empire
Rupert Murdoch's media empire began with one Adelaide afternoon paper. Here is how a modest inheritance became Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and more.
- ArticleThe Hancock dynasty: iron ore, the Pilbara and Gina Rinehart
The Hancock dynasty began with a Pilbara iron ore discovery. See how Lang Hancock's royalties and Gina Rinehart's scale-up built a huge fortune.
- ArticleThe Myer dynasty: a Bendigo pedlar's cart to Bourke Street
The Myer dynasty began with a Bendigo drapery cart and grew into Melbourne's department store giant, then a family known for giving more than feuding.
- ArticleThe Packer dynasty: three generations of power and gamble
The Packer dynasty took Australia from Depression-era tabloids to television dominance and casinos, then fractured under regulatory scrutiny.
- ArticleThe Smorgon family: from smallgoods to steel and a rare exit
The Smorgon family fled Europe with almost nothing, built a smallgoods-to-steel empire in Melbourne, then quietly wound it up on their own terms.