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Part 1: Emotions Trump Intelligence and Education with Warwick Fairfax

Part 1: Emotions Trump Intelligence and Education with Warwick Fairfax

FromSafe Space with Francesco Lombardo


Part 1: Emotions Trump Intelligence and Education with Warwick Fairfax

FromSafe Space with Francesco Lombardo

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Feb 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How to go from $2.225B to zero, the collapse of a 150 year family business. In this interview, Warwick Fairfax, a 5th generation family member of the John Fairfax company based  in Australia candidly shared how he was personally responsible for taking down the family business at age 26. Armed with an MBA from Harvard, Warwick decided to launch a $2.225B takeover which led to the collapse of the family business.  Warwick describes what that fateful day was like, how he felt and most importantly, how he overcame this dreadful day.   A fascinating story of what NOT to do and how emotions trumped intelligence, education and logic.
Released:
Feb 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Safe Space is the Premiere Podcast for NXTGEN Family Business Leaders. Your host Francesco Lombardo is a much-sought after international speaker and trusted advisor who has coached some of the world’s most successful and affluent families for over twenty years. Through his extensive work with  families, Lombardo has identified a universal connection between people’s relationship to money and the impact this has on their families, businesses and legacies. On this show he will dive in with some of the worlds most prestigious families to talk about that.