Richard White
- Investigation
- Investigation
The phone call, the $5m cash offer – and insider trading allegations
A recording of billionaire Richard White apparently trying to settle with an employee who complained about his conduct has been sent to the corporate regulator.
- Kate McClymont and Max Mason
Latest
- Updated
- AI
AI job losses hit Australia hard as software giant WiseTech axes 2000 jobs
The country’s largest locally listed technology firm is cutting about one-third of its workforce amid fears in the financial markets that AI will eat well-paid white-collar jobs.
- David Swan
AI is eating software, and it’s cost Atlassian duo $34.6 billion
Investors have finally woken up to the risk that artificial intelligence won’t just kill white-collar jobs, it also threatens tech success stories.
- Colin Kruger
- Opinion
- Opinion
Tech billionaire Richard White’s nine lives are starting to run out
The potential pickle White could face from share trading investigations should not be downplayed, even if it feels less salacious than his private life.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Updated
- Workplace culture
No repercussions for WiseTech billionaire who misled the board
Richard White will remain executive chairman of WiseTech despite his fellow board members confirming that he misled an internal investigation into his alleged misconduct.
- Colin Kruger and Clancy Yeates
Top barrister Arthur Moses drafted into celebrity cavoodle dogfight
The legal profession’s equivalent of an 800-pound gorilla has wandered into a case that all began with a very small dog.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Madeleine Heffernan
TV lawyer faces legal action over alleged workplace sexual advances
Criminal defence lawyer-slash-TV legal eagle Michael Kuzilny may need to start following his own advice that “tough times never last, tough people do”.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Tom Cowie
- Opinion
- Board shake-up
It was billionaire v the board at WiseTech. Guess who won
The software giant’s board exodus is a clear demonstration that money trumps optics. Key man risk doesn’t come any riskier than Richard White - but he and his allies call the shots.
- Elizabeth Knight
Richard White says resignation a ‘circuit-breaker’ for WiseTech
The billionaire executive says it was his own idea to step down from the company he founded 30 years ago, amid probes into his behaviour.
- David Swan
- Exclusive
- Investigation
‘Deal of a lifetime’: The nut roaster, the two husbands and the curious Sydney property sale
The transaction is a glimpse into the relationship between embattled WiseTech founder Richard White and his wife Zena Nasser, a former criminal lawyer.
- Kate McClymont, Max Mason and Nick McKenzie