Imagine my surprise when i received a google alert today that i had been mentioned in the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). As i had not been interviewed by the SMH recently, it was then with enthusiasm and a little curiosity that i opened the online article. Had someone decided to write about our new business venture, Classified Ad Ventures or perhaps one our investments – ArtsHub, Sports Passion, or Homethinking in the US. Or perhaps they had picked up on some of the articles about the REA Group / realestate.com.au that we had been writing over on Property Portal Watch. Thefore imagine my surprise when it was none of these.
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During my time as CEO of the REA Group, we grew the business from a small operation based out of Melbourne, Australia with 25 people to a global business, operating in 11 countries and 720+ employess. In the process we increased revenues from $4m p.a. to over $155m p.a. and went from a loss to a strong profit.
One of the most frequent questions i am asked is how did you take the business from a purely Australian operation to a global focus. This is not a simple question to answer so i thought i would write a series of blogs on this topic. The first blog is about organic growth and how the REA Group entered the New Zealand market.
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There has been a bit of press since the announcement of my departure from the REA Group. While many of the article were essentially reprints of the press release, a couple of online publications have gone a step further. I tought i would share them with you.
The first is from Global Edge based out of the UK …
http://www.globaledge.co.uk/news/details/global-property-chief-sacked/22821?code=700
The second is from SmartCompany.com.au in Australia
http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Free-Articles/The-Briefing/20080805-Realestatecomau-sacks-chief-executive-Simon-Baker-.html
Finally, an article from Business 2 in Australia (always good for a read)
http://www.business2.com.au/2008/08/04/job-vacancy-realestatecomau-ceo/
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