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For close to 40 years, the Financial Review has recognised the achievements of our best and brightest across the economy and the community through several awards initiatives.
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The lists recognise the start-ups and established businesses with a rocket under their growth, the female founder of the year and the top growers by industry.
COVID and crypto made the public investment-curious, while a 24/7 work ethic turned a teenage life-coaching dream into reality.
Celebrating the vital role directors and chairs play in shaping Australia’s businesses. Nominations close November 26, 2026.
By fixing fractured NDIS care and archaic hospital routines, two Fast Starters turned systemic failures into 400pc-plus growth.
Sam Gordon owns more than 160 properties, and two very fast-growing businesses.
Three of Australia’s fastest-growing tech companies are cashing in by building the critical infrastructure most Australians never see.
Rapid-fire content drops of new styles means this business will always find a winner for any potential customer.
Helping the “everyday wellness consumer” replenish essential minerals has put a rocket under the drinks business’ growth.
The founders of RocketAMS admit they don’t follow the norms, but that’s given them high client retention and appropriately rocket-like growth.
Molly Lim came to Australia from Myanmar as a teenager 13 years ago. Now her all-woman firm Above Advisory is just one of the businesses she runs.
When a business achieves growth this fast, there’s usually a lot of history and experience behind it.
For Australia’s Fast Starters and emerging companies, volatile markets are no reason to stand still. Being ready to raise capital when the window opens is key.
The fastest-growing business in financial services is a mortgage broker in transition to lending, aiming to manage $1 billion in three years.
Private capital is not abandoning tech, but it is moving towards the businesses best positioned to capture the rise in value that AI enables.
Our fastest-growing young companies have a clear idea of what artificial intelligence is doing to jobs at both ends of the career ladder.
Orca Opti has won gold in Health services for its tools that let medical professionals use AI without breaking any rules.
A safety revamp prompted by the Childers atrocity eventually led to this AI-enabled platform for comprehensive planning and awareness.
Innofocus Photonics Technology has won gold for its nano-manufacturing equipment, which it says could become the picks and shovels of the AI revolution.
Combining neural networks from stem cells with silicon opens up new frontiers in problem-solving.
After selling his last company for $1 billion, Alisdair Faulkner’s new fraud detection start-up can tell helpful AI agents from malicious ones.
Former Deloitte consultant Eric Fan founded Lumos to ‘democratise access to consumer insights’.
The wealth of data many companies possess can be a double-edged sword. One crucial type of innovation helps companies read their own information.
Instead of buying an off-the-shelf model, Faculti Lawyers developed its own platform, called Fai.
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