In this episode, Candice and Felicity continue their conversation with Jack Cowin the Founder and Chairman of Competitive Foods Australia which operates the Burger King franchisee – Hungry Jacks.  

As one of Australia’s most successful and recognised businessman, in PART TWO of our conversation with Jack you will hear his business and investment principles he lives by, plus we delve into some of his more recent investments and the reasons behind them. Nothing is off the table, we discuss uranium, decarbonisation, the food industry, plant based products and critical infrastructure. We promise you will find VALUE in this episode as Jack offers up words of wisdom and advice for entrepreneurs…..one being to TEST, TEST and more TESTING.

For more information about Jack and his current roles, refer to the below taken from the Dominos Pizza Australia company website:

Jack was born in Canada and moved to Australia at the age of 27. Opening his first KFC store in December 1969 with 30 brave Canadians lending him $10,000 each for 35% of the company. Now Jack is the chairman and managing director of the CFAL group of companies which has sales revenue of $1.4 billion and Net Shareholders Funds of $600 million. Hungry Jacks is the Burger King Master Franchise Holder for Australia with 360 restaurants. The company exports food products to 26 countries and has won several Australian Export Awards. Jack today is the owner of 98% of the group shareholding. Jack is a former director of Fairfax Media, and was previously a director of BridgeClimb, a Sydney tourist attraction of which he was also a 40% shareholder. In March 2014, Jack was announced as the Chairman of Domino’s Pizza Enterprises.

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