CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Prologue

Part I

1     Growing up amid the sawmills

2     Getting started

3     Going it alone

4     The business of business

5     Eat drink man woman: The struggle to leave behind cigarettes, alcohol and fatty food, save a marriage and maybe a life

Part II

6     The big fella

7     How to lose everything—and get it back

8     How to deal with Jeff Kennett and come away without too many bruises

9     How to survive the dot-com bust

10   The Murdochs

11   How to survive a media feud

Part III

12   How to give away $10 million

13   Stage left: Life in the arts

14   Bugs and the Blues

15   How to do an epic lunch

16   Lighting up a room: Getting to know Xanana and Kirsty Sword Gusmão

17   People I’ve met

Part IV

18   The media: Where it’s come from and where it’s going

19   A toolkit for young entrepreneurs

20   The greatest juggle of all: Work/life balance

21   How to walk away gracefully: Succession

22   Love and marriage

 

Epilogue

Tributes

Index