Mark Carlile

To earn pocket money as a child, Jared Pohl ran different side hustles, one of which was operating a t-shirt printing business with a mate, another was building websites. As he got older, his interest and talent in all-things technology deepened. I'm optimistic by nature. As a growth investor, you have to be. I'm always looking for positives in things. "I was enrolled to go to the University of Queensland.

For as long as John Winters could remember, he always wanted to start his own business. Before he went on to co-found one of the country's most popular trading platforms and growing superannuation funds, Winters was pulled into the world of stockbroking, confidently knowing not long after finishing high school that was where he wanted to cut his teeth.

Georgina Dudley spent the formative years of her life in the Southeast of London and, while completing a master's degree at Oxford University, never imagined she would go on to become chief executive of an asset consultant in Australia. "I went to school in Kent, then university in Oxford and studied chemistry.