Thirty-three Australians have made it into the latest Forbes list of world billionaires, including three members of the Pratt family and Manny Stul, the first Australian to be named Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year.
The executive chairman of Melbourne-based Moose Enterprises, said by Forbes to be worth $US1.4 billion ($1.8bn), beat a field of 55 candidates from 50 countries for the coveted top entrepreneur’s prize last year after sales for his Shopkins line of girls’ toys took off in the US, the world’s biggest toy market.
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