Corporate Edge Makes Global Player

Businessman Graeme Hart – “the New Zealander with aspirations to take on the world” – has joined the bidding war for Australia’s major food group, Goodman Fielder. If successful, he will helm a $4.3 billion combined food empire – one of the largest in the world. Hart has made his name with risky ventures (he steered a troubled Burns Philip back from financial ruin in 1997.) Says one analyst: “I don’t think he’s motivated by proving people wrong. He’s motivated to do what he wants to do.”