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JOHNNY & MAR K US KAHLBETZER TWYNAM AND BRIDGELANE GROUP
With Rob Langton
Adelaide and began working for a trading firm known as Heine Brothers, forging relationships internationally including in China wherein German travellers were admitted entry (whilst Australians were unable to visit). John then left Heine Brothers and established a firm known as Methco with Rudi Meth, later purchasing his partner’s stake in the business and re-naming the company to Australian Metal Holdings. Armed a with passion for hard-work coupled with the realisation that his newly adopted homeland offered an abundance of opportunity, John began amassing rural properties and in 1969, he purchased his first regional holding, a 100 hectare hobby farm outside Picton in New South Wales - in the process, launching the first iteration of the Twynam Group. Over the course of the ensuing four-plus decades, John split his time between Argentina and Australia, building Twynam Agricultural Group into a global behemoth with a broad
Joining our series for a rare & exclusive interview are special guests, Johnny and Markus Kahlbetzer - members of one of Australia’s most remarkable and enduring business dynasty’s. Following in their revered father John’s footsteps, the pair have assembled a coveted portfolio of holdings, Johnny through his diversified Twynam Investments business that operates across the energy, agriculture and property sectors and Markus through his BridgeLane Group - a privately owned asset management firm with exposure in the venture capital, real estate and agriculture industries. The Kahlbetzer Family’s unique history and storied presence in Australia extends over the course of more than seven decades, commencing with John’s migration from Germany to Perth in 1954, wherein he initially began working on offshore oil rigs before later finding employment in the steel industry.
In the late 1950’s, John moved from Perth to
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