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2008 Executive Rich

Australia’s wealthiest 200 managers are identified after a volatile year that has seen miners displace the financial whiz kids as the big winners on the second annual BRW Executive Rich list.

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Digital generation

BRW’s second annual survey of Australia’s digital media landscape confirms Google’s dominance of online advertising, examines the phenomenon of social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace et al), the proliferation of web 2.0 niche sites and the digital services companies that are helping businesses boost their online profits.

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Fast franchises

We reveal Australia’s 50 fastest-growing franchises and the strategies they are pursuing to fuel their expansion; we speak with the new president of the Business Council of Australia, Greg Gailey, about his plans for the peak employer body; and meet the businesswomen who are achieving success unimpeded by the glass ceiling.

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BRW Young Rich

Now in its fifth year, the BRW Young Rich list is an indispensable guide to where wealth creation in Australia is heading, and who's behind it. We rank the 100 richest people aged 40 and under who are making their fortunes in fields as diverse as fashion, movies, sport, retailing, technology, finance and fast food. It's a rich list without the grey hair.

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BRW Top 500 Private companies

The insurance sector dominates the 15th year of the Top 500 Private Companies list.

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Top 100 Accounting firms

The 2007 survey of the BRW Top 100 Accounting firms comes after a stellar year for the accounting sector, and much of the unprecedented growth in earnings is being used to guard against future consolidation.

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Rich 200

The Rich 200 is the definitive ranking of Australia's wealthiest people. It includes profiles of some of Australia's best entrepreneurs and examines the trends that have pushed the total wealth of Australia’s super rich beyond $150 billion.

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The 2007 Fast Starters

Fast Starters ranks Australia's 100 fastest growing start-up businesses, and in a series of profiles reveals the secrets of their success and insights into the mindset of the nation's new generation of wealth creators.

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2007 Executive Rich

The latest addition to the BRW Rich Series unearths a hitherto unexplored strata of wealth in Australia - our richest managers. The Executive Rich list, drawn from Australia's top 500 public companies, ranks the nation's 200 wealthiest "wage slaves" by the value of their shareholdings.

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Top 10 Digital Media Companies

Digital media in Australia finally came of age in 2006, with online advertising revenue exceeding $1 billion for the first time. BRW's technology editor and one of Australia's leading digital media analysts, Foad Fadaghi, ranks the top 10 companies, covering four sectors - general display, search, classified and directories.

Hot Franchises

BRW lists the 60 fastest-growing franchises in one of Australia's fastest-growing and dynamic business sectors. Companies are ranked according to average annual revenue growth over three years, and include listed and privately owned franchise systems.

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Top 50 Sports Earners

Players in Australia's most popular football codes may command the media's attention and the fans' adulation but, as BRW's latest ranking of the Top 50 sports earners reveals, they don't kick goals on the financial front. For Australia's sporting elite, fortunes are made far from our shores.

BRW 1000

Prepared in association with IBISWorld, Australia's leading business information services company, the BRW 1000 is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the performance of Australasia's biggest public, private, government and foreign-owned enterprises. The ranking is based on revenue, but the enterprises are also analysed by other measures including industry sector, profits and losses, workforce size, R&D spending and return on shareholders' funds.

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FAST 100

BRW's Fast 100, is the most comprehensive annual guide to the booming SME sector. Compiled in association with RMIT University's School of Management, it ranks the 100 fastest-growing small and medium-size businesses by annual revenue growth over three years. It provides an invaluable snapshot of Australia's best emerging businesses.

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