The Interview
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49 MINUTES
ROBERT MILLNER
With Rob Langton
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN: WASHINGTON H. SOUL PATTINSON
Unquestionably one of Australia’s oldest and most successful integrated investment groups, Washington H. Soul Pattinson’s
roots date back to Sydney in 1872 prior to becoming incorporated & listed on the stock exchange in 1903.
Through considered, long-term and strategic decision-making implemented throughout the course of its history by multiple generations of family leadership, Soul Pattinson has remarkably delivered a dividend to its shareholders, every year, for over one-hundred-and-twenty years - cementing its reputation in Australian corporate history and reinforcing its $10bn plus market capitalisation. WHSP’s existing portfolio includes varied interests across the telecommunications, financial services, pharmaceutical, property, private equity & energy industries to name a few, with substantial stakes in key businesses including TPG Telecom, Brickworks Limited, New Hope Group, Apex Healthcare & Pitt Capital Partners. On a personal level, Robert was born in Sydney (Beecroft) in 1950 before enrolling at Newington College, a boarding school in Sydney’s Inner South-West he attended from the age of eight until his graduation in 1968.
Over the course of the next fifteen or so years, Robert worked briefly as a stockbroker for a period of two years, before returning to his father Tom’s family farm in Cowra and spending the next thirteen or so years working the land prior to joining the family business, Soul Patt’s as a director in 1984 - a business he has been intimately involved in through a number of Board positions ever since. Our exclusive feature profile of Robert unpacks his upbringing, the evolution of the Washington H. Soul Pattinson business, his investment philosophy, the macro-trends that drive markets and the fundamentals required for sustainable success on both a personal & professional level.
6 –March / April 2023
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