Leaders in Tech and Ecommerce

#09: Fragmentation in Logistics Software with Richard White CEO Wisetech


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Richard White founded software company WiseTech Global in 1994 to help logistics companies manage goods and information across supply chains. WiseTech Global is an innovative global developer of cloud-based software solutions for the international and domestic logistics industries. Since the company went public in 2016, WiseTech’s shares have soared more than five-fold, due to strong growth in revenue and acquisitions worldwide.

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Some of the highlights from the episode:

  • How Richard went from being a musician, refrigeration engineer and repairing guitars for ACDC and The Angels to founding one of the most successful Australian Companies
  • The fundamental problem in Logistics from the industry’s inception – Fragmentation.
  • 32 acquisitions over the last three years and all of them came with their founders
  • Why Richard doesn’t think any freight forwarders in existence today are truly digitalized or digitized.
  • “It’s not about being on the Nasdaq or being the London stock exchange or being on the New York Stock Exchange. It’s about being a great company.”
  • “You shouldn’t manage people. You should manage yourself and lead people.“

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