The origin story of
Nick ditched uni after one week to chase bigger dreams, building a $500M empire that spans the globe. Now he’s engineering his personal blueprint to live to 150.
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Growing up on an Australian cattle farm, Nick’s first office was the dusty outback and his first business lessons came from the land. Those early mornings feeding livestock shaped his unstoppable drive — the same intensity that would transform him into a global business force.
1990
Nick’s hustle started early, turning his lunchbox into a profit center and running an underground video empire from his school locker.
2000
After hustling through a gap year in London, Nick gave university a shot — but quit after just one week, knowing he was built for something bigger. His first real venture, a skincare business, crashed and burned, but that failure lit the fire that would forge his future empire.
2008
After his skincare setback, Nick launched two game-changing ventures: digital powerhouse WME and app development force Appscore. Within years, he turned WME into an empire and sold it for a staggering $39M — proving that sometimes the biggest wins come right after failure.
2017
Rather than go and chill on a deserted island, Nick decided to take his agency experience global, quickly launching and investing in over 15 agencies around the world (in cities he liked to party in, true story).
2022
In 2022 and 2024 Nick landed on Prime Time TV. In 2022 he joined the cast of Celebrity Apprentice as an advisor to Lord Alan Sugar, quickly weeding out the slackers from the winners. In 2024 he joined global juggernaut Shark Tank as a Shark, wheeling and dealing, looking for the next multi-million dollar giant.
2024
After building a global agency empire, Nick set his sights on disrupting human potential itself. His latest venture, Super-Young, is democratising longevity technology — bringing elite biological optimisation to the masses.
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The Drum Awards
Nick’s digital agencies have won a multitude of awards, including taking home Best SEO Strategy at the prestigious The Drum Awards.
2021
Nick’s reputation management force Removify proved its dominance at the Deloitte Fast 50, recognised as one of Australia’s fastest-growing tech companies.
2016 — 2020
Nick’s meteoric rise caught AFR’s attention, earning him a spot on their exclusive Young Rich List of Australia’s top entrepreneurs under 40 four years in a row.