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WiseTech co-founder and current executive chairman, Richard White, and his chief executive Zubin Appoo at the company’s AGM on Friday.

WiseTech cops pay strike as board downplays AFP raid

The company’s board had few answers when it came to AGM queries about the scandals that have savaged its share price over the past year.

  • Colin Kruger

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Richard White sent an email to Liberal senator Andrew Bragg and former Business Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd saying he wanted to “to dispel some of the lurid reporting” about him.

The private email revealing Richard White’s battle to control sex scandal fallout

The WiseTech Global founder wrote to a federal MP and prominent business leader in an attempt to contain the damage and keep a high-profile speaking engagement.

  • Kate McClymont and Max Mason
WiseTech founder Richard White has faced a wave of allegations.

White’s grip on WiseTech on shaky ground after police raid

Investors have called for the WiseTech founder’s departure, but it could wipe billions from its market valuation, warns an analyst.

  • David Swan and Colin Kruger
The investigation concerns alleged trading in WiseTech shares by its billionaire co-founder Richard White and three company employees between late 2024 and early 2025, its board said in a statement to the ASX.

$4b wipe-out: WiseTech shares plunge after Richard White’s headquarters raided

Australian Federal Police and market regulators raided the software giant’s Sydney headquarters and executed a search warrant on Monday.

  • David Swan and Kate McClymont
WiseTech’s billionaire founder and CEO Richard White.

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
Former Kyckr chief technology officer Rebecca Glover and Richard White.

The controlling mind, the ‘cover-up’ and the critical flaw: Fresh claims against Richard White

A former chief technology officer has made accusations against the controversial billionaire in a wrongful dismissal claim.

  • Kate McClymont and Max Mason
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ATC chairman Peter McGauran leaves the meeting of members at Randwick racecourse on Tuesday.

After failed Rosehill deal, a battle for control of the Australian Turf Club

Peter McGauran resigned as ATC chair this month, and the board must choose his successor in a crucial vote dividing Sydney’s racing elites.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman, Stephen Brook and Gemma Grant
Kimberlee Cvitash, who is romantically linked to WiseTech founder Richard White.

The tech billionaire, the beautician and the backlash

New details have emerged about how Richard White funds the extravagant lifestyle of his American lover, Kimberlee Cvitash, and how some of his investments have gone bad.

  • Kate McClymont and Max Mason
Richard White and Christine Kontos in January 2022.

Former partner settles inappropriate conduct claim against billionaire Richard White

The billionaire and the company he co-founded have settled with a fourth woman, who claimed inappropriate conduct by White and his wife Zena Nasser.

  • Max Mason and Kate McClymont
WiseTech Global founder Richard White and former employee Caroline Heidemann.

WiseTech billionaire Richard White reaches settlement with third woman

This time the woman alleged the billionaire executive chairman gave her financial assistance and help with her visa in return for sex.

  • Kate McClymont and Max Mason