Richard heads up the 1791 Diamonds Pty Australian team of suppliers and partners that make 1791 possible. This includes everyone from customer service staff to jewellers, diamond setters, diamond suppliers, the foundry, Internet developers, admin and finance staff.
Richard describes himself as tin-arsed, but after 20 years of business experience working in both large and small companies we reckon he might actually know what he is doing.
He attributes his success to having the great fortune of wonderful customers and wonderful employees! His key successes include:
Director of Kinesis: sold to Price Waterhouse Coopers for $25m;
Founder of Smart-Groups, the precursor to today's social networks, sold to Freeserve/Dixons Retail for $150m;
Founder of Solution Foundry Ltd, a boutique software company specialising in automated investment and trading software.
When he's not hard at work, you'll find Richard hard at play. He paraglides, kite surfs, mountain bikes, and loves heli skiing when the season allows!
