Twiggy : the high-stakes life of Andrew Forrest / Andrew Burrell.
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TextPublisher: Collingwood, Vic. : Black Inc., [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 2nd editionDescription: 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781863956789 :Subject(s): Forrest, Andrew | Businessmen -- Western Australia | Executives -- Western Australia | Mineral industries -- Western Australia | Mines and mineral resources -- Western AustraliaDDC classification: 338.209941 Summary: ECONOMICS, FINANCE, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. AUSTRALIAN. Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest is the public face of Australia's once-in-a-lifetime mining boom. A swashbuckling entrepreneur in the finest West Australian tradition, Twiggy took on mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto at their own game - and won. Yet he has also been embroiled in two of the most heated debates in recent Australian history: over the treatment of Aboriginal people and the mining super-profits tax. In this unauthorised biography, Andrew Burrell traces Twiggy's business triumphs and disasters to reveal the complicated man behind the myth. Why do his mining ventures attract so much controversy? And what do his philanthropic schemes tell us about him and his plans for the future?
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ECONOMICS, FINANCE, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. AUSTRALIAN. Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest is the public face of Australia's once-in-a-lifetime mining boom. A swashbuckling entrepreneur in the finest West Australian tradition, Twiggy took on mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto at their own game - and won. Yet he has also been embroiled in two of the most heated debates in recent Australian history: over the treatment of Aboriginal people and the mining super-profits tax. In this unauthorised biography, Andrew Burrell traces Twiggy's business triumphs and disasters to reveal the complicated man behind the myth. Why do his mining ventures attract so much controversy? And what do his philanthropic schemes tell us about him and his plans for the future?
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