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Jodee Rich
Jodee Rich
Born	1 February 1960 (age 64); New York City
Nationality	Australian
Education	Cranbrook School
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Board member of	Imagineering Australia; One.Tel; PeopleBrowsr;
Spouse(s)	Maxine Rich, née Brenner
Parents	Steven Rich AM; Gail Rich;
Website	JDR.CEO

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John David "Jodee" Rich (born 1960) is an Australian businessman. He was a founder of the defunct mobile phone provider One.Tel and the software distributor Imagineering Australia. He is now the CEO and founder of social analytics and influence measurement provider PeopleBrowsr and the creator of new TLDs dotCEO, dotBest and dotKred.^[1]

Background and education

Rich was born to a German Jewish father, Steven Rich,^[2] who, in 1963, settled in Australia to manage Hunter Douglas, a Venetian blind manufacturer, and his wife, Gail, born in Australia.^[2]^{[dead link‍]} Steven Rich went on to create the Traveland travel agency, was the deputy chairman of the Salvation Army in 1971 and was awarded an Order of Australia in 2001.^[3]^[2]^{[dead link‍]} Steven Rich subsequently created Focus Publishing.^[4]

Rich wrote his first software program on punch cards in 1972 at the age of 12.^{[citation needed]} He was educated at Cranbrook School in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. During his Cranbrook days Rich started a business renting fish tanks.^[5] At Cranbrook he met Rodney Adler, who would go on to become a director of One.Tel. In 1980 Rich developed a commodity analysis system on 64k Apple II, which he later sold to investment banks.^[6] He studied Accounting, Economics and Computer Science at University of Sydney, graduating in 1981 with a Bachelor of Economics.^{[citation needed]}

In 1987, Rich married Maxine Brenner, a corporate lawyer who has sat on the board of a public company, Neverfail Springwater, and has served as a member of the Takeovers Panel, a government body involved in the resolution of sharemarket disputes.^[7]

Corporate achievements

Imagineering

In 1981, Rich launched Imagineering Australia and the company was floated in 1987. Shares in Imagineering peaked at $8^[8] but the company sold to a Hong Kong group for 10c a share in 1990.

One.Tel

Rich formed One.Tel, a service provider of GSM mobile and long-distance calls, in Australia in 1995 (with James Packer as a shareholder) competing against Telstra and Optus.^[9] The company acquired a GSM operation for $500 million in 2000. One.Tel Australia was placed in administration in May 2001. One.Tel UK was sold to Centrica for $200 million and later to Carphone Warehouse who retired the brand in favour of its TalkTalk brand.

Beginning in December 2001, Rich was the defendant in legal proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).^[10] During the case, known as ASIC v Rich, Rich was in the witness box for over 33 days.^[11] Justice Austin later said in his judgment Rich "demonstrated that he was a very well prepared witness, knowledgeable about the subject matter of his evidence, who responded to questions thoughtfully and clearly, sometimes even perceptively. This was notwithstanding the arduous circumstances of his cross examination, extending over 25 days".^[12]

Rich was exonerated on 18 November 2009 when Justice Robert Austin ruled that ASIC had "failed to prove any aspect of its pleaded case."^[13]

Other business achievements

In 2007, Rich founded PeopleBrowsr.^[14] In 2011, PeopleBrowsr launched Kred Influence Measurement.^[15]

On 27 March 2013, Rich launched the TLD dotCEO. It is marketed to CEOs.^[16]

References

^ "Third time lucky for Jodee Rich?". Business Spectator. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Roots web". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
^ "Member of the Order of Australia (AM) entry for RICH Steven". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 21 April 2019. For service to the book publishing and travel industries, to export industry development in Papua New Guinea, and to the community, particularly through the Salvation Army.
^ University of Sydney
^ Chenoweth 2006: 257
^ "$25m in five years, imagine that" - The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1985
^ "To have and to hold". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ "Fluctuating fortunes on Rich list". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ "Hell's bells". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 April 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ Sexton, Elisabeth (27 October 2007). "Adler settles in One.Tel bonus case". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ ASIC loses marathon legal battle against Onetel Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ Moran, Sussanah (19 November 2009). "Jodee Rich's Uphill pedal ends". The Australian.
^ Australian Securities and Investment Commission judgement Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine 18 November 2009
^ Peoplebrowsr Summary Deck Jodee Rich, June 2010
^ Schonfeld, Erick (30 September 2011). "You Might Have Klout, But What's Your Kred?". TechCrunch. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
^ dotWhatever Retrieved 10 February 2014.

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-'''John David "Jodee" Rich''' (born 1960) is an [[Australian]] businessman, the [[CEO]] and founder of [[social analytics]] and [[Social influence|influence]] measurement provider [[PeopleBrowsr]] and the creator of new TLDs dotCEO, dotBest and dotKred. He is described by ''[[Business Spectator]]'' as a "charismatic but drama prone entrepreneur" and "the man behind failed phone company [[One.Tel]] and one time computer sensation [[Imagineering Australia]]".<ref>[http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2012/5/25/media-and-digital/third-time-lucky-jodee-rich Third time lucky for Jodee Rich?] Retrieved 11 July 2014.</ref>
+'''John David "Jodee" Rich''' (born 1960) is an [[Australians|Australian]] businessman. He was a founder of the defunct mobile phone provider [[One.Tel]] and the software distributor [[Imagineering Australia]]. He is now the [[CEO]] and founder of [[social analytics]] and [[Social influence|influence]] measurement provider [[PeopleBrowsr]] and the creator of new TLDs dotCEO, dotBest and dotKred.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2012/5/25/media-and-digital/third-time-lucky-jodee-rich |title=Third time lucky for Jodee Rich? |work=[[Business Spectator]] |date=25 May 2012 |access-date=11 July 2014 }}</ref>
+== Background and education ==
-==Family==
-Rich was born to a German Jewish father, Steven Rich,<ref name="Roots web">[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WORLD-OBITS/2006-06/1149422879 Roots web]</ref> who in 1963 settled in Australia to manage Hunter Douglas, a venetian blind manufacturer, and an Australian mother.<ref name="Roots web"/> Steven went on to create the Traveland travel agency, was the deputy chairman of the [[Salvation Army]] in 1971 and was awarded an [[Order of Australia]] in 2001.<ref name="Roots web"/>  He subsequently created Focus Publishing.<ref>[http://sydney.edu.au/senate/historyCentenaryBook.shtml University of Sydney]</ref>
+Rich was born to a German Jewish father, Steven Rich,<ref name="Roots web">{{Cite web |url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WORLD-OBITS/2006-06/1149422879 |title=Roots web |access-date=22 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231932/http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WORLD-OBITS/2006-06/1149422879 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> who, in 1963, settled in Australia to manage Hunter Douglas, a [[Venetian blind]] manufacturer, and his wife, Gail, born in Australia.<ref name="Roots web"/>{{deadlink|date=April 2019}} Steven Rich went on to create the Traveland travel agency, was the deputy chairman of the [[Salvation Army]] in 1971 and was awarded an [[Order of Australia]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid=870770 |date=11 June 2001 |recipient=RICH Steven |award=Member of the Order of Australia |postnominal=AM |citation=For service to the book publishing and travel industries, to export industry development in Papua New Guinea, and to the community, particularly through the Salvation Army. |postscript= |accessdate=21 April 2019 }}</ref><ref name="Roots web"/>{{deadlink|date=April 2019}}  Steven Rich subsequently created Focus Publishing.<ref>[http://sydney.edu.au/senate/historyCentenaryBook.shtml University of Sydney]</ref>
+Rich wrote his first software program on punch cards in 1972 at the age of 12.{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}  He was educated at [[Cranbrook School, Sydney|Cranbrook School]] in [[Bellevue Hill, New South Wales|Bellevue Hill]], Sydney. During his Cranbrook days Rich started a business renting [[fish tank]]s.<ref name="Chenoweth 2006: 257">[[#chen06|Chenoweth 2006]]: 257</ref> At Cranbrook he met [[Rodney Adler]], who would go on to become a  director of One.Tel. In 1980 Rich developed a commodity analysis system on 64k [[Apple II]], which he later sold to investment banks.<ref>[http://www.cvxmelody.net/Imagine_a_world_without_pirates_The_Age_Feb_28_1984.htm "$25m in five years, imagine that" - The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1985]</ref>  He studied Accounting, Economics and Computer Science at [[University of Sydney]], graduating in 1981 with a [[Bachelor of Economics]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}
-==Education==
-Jodee Rich wrote his first software programme on punch cards in 1972 at the age of 12.{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}  He was educated at [[Cranbrook School, Sydney|Cranbrook School]] in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. During his Cranbrook days Rich started a business renting [[fish tank]]s.<ref name="Chenoweth 2006: 257">[[#chen06|Chenoweth 2006]]: 257</ref> At Cranbrook he met [[Rodney Adler]] who would become a  director of One.Tel. In 1980 Rich developed a commodity analysis system on 64k Apple II, which he later sold to investment banks.{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}  He studied Accounting, Economics and Computer Science at [[University of Sydney]], earning a BEc in 1981.{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}
+In 1987, Rich married Maxine Brenner, a corporate lawyer who has sat on the board of a public company, Neverfail Springwater, and has served as a member of the [[Australian Takeovers Panel|Takeovers Panel]], a government body involved in the resolution of sharemarket disputes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/07/1068013391036.html |title=To have and to hold |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=7 November 2003 |access-date=11 July 2014}}</ref>
-==Marriage==
-In 1987, Rich married Maxine Brenner, a corporate lawyer who has sat on the board of a public company, Neverfail Springwater, and has served as a member of the Takeovers Panel, a government body involved in the resolution of sharemarket disputes.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/07/1068013391036.html To have and to hold] Retrieved 11 July 2014.</ref>
 ==Corporate achievements==
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 ===Imagineering===
-In 1981, Rich launched [[Imagineering Australia]] and the company was floated in 1987.  Shares in Imagineering peaked at $8<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/16/1029114007430.html Fluctuating fortunes on Rich list] Retrieved 11 July 2014.</ref> but the company sold to a Hong Kong group for 10c a share in 1990.
+In 1981, Rich launched [[Imagineering Australia]] and the company was floated in 1987.  Shares in Imagineering peaked at $8<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/16/1029114007430.html |title=Fluctuating fortunes on Rich list |date=16 August 2002 |access-date=11 July 2014 }}</ref> but the company sold to a Hong Kong group for 10c a share in 1990.
-===[[One.Tel]]===
+===One.Tel===
-Rich formed [[One.Tel]], a service provider of [[GSM]] mobile and long distance calls, in Australia in 1995 (with [[James Packer]] as a shareholder) competing against [[Telstra]] and [[Optus]].<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/05/1017206265393.html Hell's bells] Retrieved 11 July 2014.</ref> The company acquired a GSM operation for $500 million in 2000. One.Tel Australia was placed in administration in May 2001. One.Tel UK was sold to [[Centrica]] for $200 million and later to [[Carphone Warehouse]] who retired the brand in favour of its [[TalkTalk Group|TalkTalk]] brand.
+Rich formed [[One.Tel]], a service provider of [[GSM]] mobile and long-distance calls, in Australia in 1995 (with [[James Packer]] as a shareholder) competing against [[Telstra]] and [[Optus]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/05/1017206265393.html |title=Hell's bells |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=5 April 2002 |access-date=11 July 2014 }}</ref> The company acquired a GSM operation for $500&nbsp;million in 2000. One.Tel Australia was placed in administration in May 2001. One.Tel UK was sold to [[Centrica]] for $200&nbsp;million and later to [[Carphone Warehouse]] who retired the brand in favour of its [[TalkTalk Group|TalkTalk]] brand.
-Beginning in December 2001, Rich was the defendant in legal proceedings brought by the [[Australian Securities and Investment Commission]] (ASIC).<ref name="Adler settles in One.Tel bonus case">[http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/adler-settles-in-onetel-bonus-case/2007/10/26/1192941336767.html Adler settles in One.Tel bonus case] Elisabeth Sexton, 27 October 2007, The Sydney Morning Herald</ref>  During the case, known as [[ASIC v Rich]], Rich was in the witness box for over 33 days.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71-Tylfmrt0 ASIC loses marathon legal battle against Onetel] Retrieved 11 July 2014.</ref>  Justice Austin later said in his judgment Rich "demonstrated that he was a very well prepared witness, knowledgeable about the subject matter of his evidence, who responded to questions thoughtfully and clearly, sometimes even perceptively. This was notwithstanding the arduous circumstances of his cross examination, extending over 25 days".<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/jodee-richs-uphill-pedal-ends/story-e6frg6nf-1225799512573 Jodee Rich’s Uphill pedal ends] Sussanah Moran, 19 November 2009, The Australian</ref>
+Beginning in December 2001, Rich was the defendant in legal proceedings brought by the [[Australian Securities and Investments Commission]] (ASIC).<ref name="Adler settles in One.Tel bonus case">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/adler-settles-in-onetel-bonus-case/2007/10/26/1192941336767.html |title=Adler settles in One.Tel bonus case |first=Elisabeth |last=Sexton |date=27 October 2007 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] }}</ref> During the case, known as ''[[ASIC v Rich]]'', Rich was in the witness box for over 33 days.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71-Tylfmrt0 ASIC loses marathon legal battle against Onetel] Retrieved 11 July 2014.</ref> Justice Austin later said in his judgment Rich "demonstrated that he was a very well prepared witness, knowledgeable about the subject matter of his evidence, who responded to questions thoughtfully and clearly, sometimes even perceptively. This was notwithstanding the arduous circumstances of his cross examination, extending over 25 days".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/jodee-richs-uphill-pedal-ends/story-e6frg6nf-1225799512573 |title=Jodee Rich's Uphill pedal ends |first=Sussanah |last=Moran |date=19 November 2009 |work=[[The Australian]] }}</ref>
-Rich was exonerated on 18 November 2009 when Justice Robert Austin ruled that ASIC had "failed to prove any aspect of its pleaded case."<ref>[http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/scjudgments/2009nswsc.nsf/00000000000000000000000000000000/946c84c9b612746fca25766c002688f0?OpenDocument Australian Securities and Investment Commission judgement] 18 November 2009</ref>
+Rich was exonerated on 18 November 2009 when Justice Robert Austin ruled that ASIC had "failed to prove any aspect of its pleaded case."<ref>[http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/scjudgments/2009nswsc.nsf/00000000000000000000000000000000/946c84c9b612746fca25766c002688f0?OpenDocument Australian Securities and Investment Commission judgement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301034725/http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/scjudgments/2009nswsc.nsf/00000000000000000000000000000000/946c84c9b612746fca25766c002688f0?OpenDocument |date=1 March 2012 }} 18 November 2009</ref>
+=== Other business achievements ===
-==PeopleBrowsr and Kred==
-In 2007, Rich founded [[PeopleBrowsr]].<ref>[http://www.slideshare.net/peoplebrowsr/peoplebrowsr-summary-deck Peoplebrowsr Summary Deck] Jodee Rich, June 2010</ref> In 2011, PeopleBrowsr launched [[Kred Influence Measurement]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Schonfeld|first=Erick|title=You Might Have Klout, But What’s Your Kred?|url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/29/kred/|work=TechCrunch|accessdate=20 October 2011}}</ref>
+In 2007, Rich founded [[PeopleBrowsr]].<ref>[http://www.slideshare.net/peoplebrowsr/peoplebrowsr-summary-deck Peoplebrowsr Summary Deck] Jodee Rich, June 2010</ref> In 2011, PeopleBrowsr launched Kred Influence Measurement.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schonfeld|first=Erick|title=You Might Have Klout, But What's Your Kred?|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/29/kred/|work=TechCrunch|date=30 September 2011 |access-date=20 October 2011}}</ref>
-==dotCEO==
 On 27 March 2013, Rich launched the [[TLD]] dotCEO. It is marketed to CEOs.<ref>[http://dotwhatever.com/the-case-for-dot-ceo/ dotWhatever] Retrieved 10 February 2014.</ref>
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 ==Further reading==
-*{{Citation | author1=Chenoweth, Neil | title=Packer's lunch : a rollicking tale of Swiss bank accounts and money-making | publication-date=2006 | publisher=Allen & Unwin | isbn=978-1-74114-546-5 }}
+*{{Citation | author1=Chenoweth, Neil | title=Packer's lunch : a rollicking tale of Swiss bank accounts and money-making | date=2006 | publisher=Allen & Unwin | isbn=978-1-74114-546-5 }}
-*{{Citation | author1=Barry, Paul | title=Rich kids : how the Murdochs and Packers lost $950 million in One.Tel | publication-date=2003 | publisher=Bantam Books | edition=Revised and Updated | isbn=978-1-86325-339-0 }}
+*{{Citation | author1=Barry, Paul | title=Rich kids : how the Murdochs and Packers lost $950 million in One.Tel | date=2003 | publisher=Bantam Books | edition=Revised and Updated | isbn=978-1-86325-339-0 }}
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