Internet Mogul Addresses Chabad of Melbourne-CBD

From his career as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer to managing director of one of the fastest growing companies on the BRW list in just over ten years, Mount Scopus College alumnus Adam Schwab has quite a story to share. A very large lunchtime attendance came to hear that story on Tuesday, June16, at Chabad of Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD).

The initial motivation for Adam Schwab and his old school friend Jeremy Same was simply to do something different, venturing out on their own to at least match their previous incomes at Freehills and the ANZ Bank respectively. Entrepreneurship, said Adam, was still a dirty word back in 2004 – something that has changed dramatically over the intervening years when today, many young people (and many of them Jewish young people) are looking to emulate his success.

So what was their secret? “Don’t force an idea: let an idea come to you,” be aware of your potential weaknesses, hire good people and perhaps most of all, just be in the right place at the right time.