S2 - E26 - Forrest split: Inside the unravelling of Perth’s worst-kept secret
Twenty years ago this month, Andrew Forrest, told a small group of shareholders that Pilbara iron ore was the future and asked for their backing to set up Fortescue Metals Group.
Fortescue is now the country’s eighth-largest listed company but Andrew Forrest is no longer its biggest shareholder. Corporate filings suggest that as of June 20, that mantle now belongs to Nicola Forrest.
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