Kellie Riordan

In the 90s if you were looking for a lip colour that told the world you were on top, you reached for a Poppy King lipstick.

In 2012, after her father was diagnosed with cancer, Tanya Van Der Water became the CEO of Buckaroo. She was 26 years old, with three children under the age of three and a husband in “full blown addiction”.

Dom Pym helped launch Up in 2018, backed by Bendigo Bank. But it may never have happened at all if his previous business hadn't failed.

AIM Overseas co-founders Marine Hautemont and Rob Malicki have achieved what so many other business owners strive to: they’ve thrived in challenging times.

In February, as the world was just coming to grips with COVID-19, Paul Scurrah watched Virgin Australia go into freefall.