In another Ready Media Group exclusive interview, our special guest on this episode is Larry Kestelman - Executive Group Chairman of LK Group, a private, diversified family office that encompasses in excess of twenty businesses across the property, private equity, technology, sports & retail spheres.
In a remarkable career extending across more than three decades, Larry has established a formidable reputation as an entrepreneur, deal-maker & turnaround specialist with an innate sense of being able to disrupt industries as diverse as telecommunications, real estate development, basketball & apparel to name but a few.
Born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1966 to hard-working & highly educated parents (his mother was a Doctor, his father an electrical engineer), Larry’s childhood was characterised by modest and simple pleasures with the prevailing environment dominated by poverty & communism.
By age eleven, fearing the rise of the Soviet Union and armed with the desire to find a better life, the Kestelman Family left Ukraine and spent six months living in Italy before arriving in Australia, and specifically, Melbourne in 1979.
Over the course of the next forty-plus years, Larry’s work-ethic, business nous & unique ability to spot opportunities has led to the establishment, acquisition & divestment of a diverse range of businesses, not least including internet service provider Dodo, the National Basketball League (NBL), Brand Collective & Acquire Pacific - the culmination of which now sit under the umbrella of LK Group, one of Australia’s most successful organisations.
In this rare & exclusive in-depth profile, Larry walks us through his extraordinary life, unpacking his background, his early wins in business, the transformational deals he’s undertaken and his key pieces of advice for those looking to emulate the successes of one of the Country’s very best business people.
Produced & distributed exclusively by Ready Media Group - home of Australia's flagship business series, featuring over 250 interviews since 2015.
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LK Group - https://www.lkg.com.au/
