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How I Made It

The Australian Financial Review

EN-AU63 episodes
business

How I Made It is back with new hosts Lauren Sams & Yolanda Redrup. Join us to learn how Australia’s top entrepreneurs built their fortunes and what they learnt along the way.

Episodes (63)

What working on David Bowie’s yacht taught Boost founder Janine Allis

How I Made It

Nov 23, 202529:18pending

‘It's the Mount Everest of careers’: How Fleet’s CEO built an $800m company

How I Made It

Nov 16, 202533:17pending

A scam set WA’s fertiliser king on a path to a $5b fortune

How I Made It

Nov 9, 202529:14pending

How a former IBM executive redefined Australia’s restaurant scene

How I Made It

Nov 2, 202522:16pending

He could’ve been Qantas CEO. Instead Bruce Buchanan started a $7.2b company

How I Made It

Oct 26, 202535:27pending

Trinny Woodall, What Not To Wear and a multimillion-dollar company

How I Made It

Oct 19, 202528:52pending

How the (banker) founder of MJ Bale took over menswear

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Oct 12, 202528:07pending

How Bruce Keebaugh turned $500 into a global events company

How I Made It

Oct 5, 202521:43pending

‘The napkin came across the table’: How software giant Xero was born

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Sep 28, 202525:05pending

The founder of O&M had one big idea. It became a global haircare empire

How I Made It

Sep 21, 202532:34pending

Trailer: 'How I Made It' Returns September 22

How I Made It

Sep 18, 20251:10pending

Sam Kroonenburg’s success is only possible because of his wife

How I Made It

Aug 4, 202455:15pending

How exquisite timing helped Kerry Harmanis forge a fortune

How I Made It

Jul 14, 202444:20pending

Paul Blackburne: Why cars, boats and houses won’t make you happy

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Jun 30, 202444:26pending

Why Richard White avoids risk at all costs

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Jun 16, 20241:00:25pending

Steph Claire Smith’s top tips to building a social media empire

How I Made It

Jun 2, 202457:47pending

Mark Woodland: From Maccas to building a $100m company with zero qualifications

How I Made It

May 19, 202454:19pending

Nick Bell's first business flopped, his next made him millions

How I Made It

May 5, 202456:00pending

Shaun Bonétt: The homeschooled billionaire who built a fortune before turning 40

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Apr 21, 20241:09:48pending

Coming soon: How I Made It season 4

How I Made It

Apr 7, 20241:25pending

Summer Series: From golf balls to 1c TVs - how Ruslan Kogan built a $300m empire...

How I Made It

Feb 11, 202434:17pending

Summer Series: How Simon Beard went from 'toolie' to Culture King worth $600m

How I Made It

Jan 28, 202433:32pending

Summer Series: How Tammy Hembrow built a fitness empire from $400

How I Made It

Jan 14, 202433:09pending

Summer Series: How Jack Cowin brought KFC and Hungry Jacks to Australia

How I Made It

Dec 31, 202334:35pending

How Sam Kennard built a $2.6b empire storing other people's stuff

How I Made It

Dec 17, 202342:32pending

The sliding doors moment that led typist Cathie Reid to build a $550m fortune

How I Made It

Dec 3, 202342:51pending

How online gamer Kevin Gosschalk made $173m stopping internet bad guys

How I Made It

Nov 19, 202336:56pending

How Mark Carnegie 'thumb-sucked' his way off the Rich List

How I Made It

Nov 5, 202338:53pending

How school dropout Nigel Satterley built a $500 million property empire

How I Made It

Oct 22, 202329:11pending

Introducing: 15 Minutes with the Boss (episode preview)

How I Made It

Oct 18, 20238:47pending

Sam Hupert: From wine tasting meeting to a $9 billion medical software giant

How I Made It

Oct 8, 202339:44pending

How Kim Kardashian is helping Gen Z-er Alex Tomic make $1 billion

How I Made It

Sep 24, 202338:02pending

How Carolyn Creswell went from check-out chick to $170m muesli empire

How I Made It

Sep 10, 202341:09pending

Coming soon: How I Made It season three

How I Made It

Sep 3, 20231:35pending

Female Founders: Trenna Probert: From concierge to fintech start-up founder

How I Made It

Jun 25, 202337:58pending

Female Founders: Hannah Drury: From blow-up mattress to a fragrance empire

How I Made It

Jun 11, 202332:43pending

Female Founders: Gab Manning and Manning Cartell

How I Made It

May 28, 202336:11pending

Female Founders: Ava Matthews, Bec Jefferd and Ultra Violette

How I Made It

May 14, 202338:33pending

Female Founders: Priscilla Hajiantoni and Bangn Body

How I Made It

Apr 30, 202339:13pending

Female Founders: Jo Horgan and Mecca

How I Made It

Apr 16, 202342:50pending

Female Founders: Tania Austin and Decjuba

How I Made It

Apr 2, 202339:50pending

Female Founders: Kristy Chong and Modibodi

How I Made It

Mar 19, 202337:09pending

Coming soon: Female Founders

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Mar 5, 20231:50pending

Introducing: The Fin

How I Made It

Oct 19, 20221:46pending

Introducing Chanticleer

How I Made It

Sep 16, 20222:27pending

How selling TVs for 1c led Ruslan Kogan to owning an online empire

How I Made It

Sep 4, 202233:54pending

Aaron Hornlimann quit uni after 12wks, now he's worth $42m

How I Made It

Aug 28, 202232:28pending

How Gold Coast 'toolie' Simon Beard made $600m

How I Made It

Aug 21, 202233:11pending

How Robbie Ferguson became the youngest Rich Lister

How I Made It

Aug 14, 202238:05pending

Sarina Russo's success may lie in how many times she's been fired

How I Made It

Aug 7, 202230:17pending