Andrew Forrest
Andrew Forrest
John Andrew Henry Forrest, better known as Andrew Forrest or by his nickname Twiggy Forrest, is a Western Australian mining magnate currently a non-executive chairman and previously the chief executive officer of Fortescue Metals Group...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryAustralia
christian jesus believe
I dont necessarily go to church every week, but I am a Christian, and I believe in God and Jesus Christ.
dream business bridges
You remove heavy metals out of the ground and you turn that into tables, and houses and bridges and dreams for people in the developing world. I love doing that.
trying rockets prime
You don't try and put rockets under prime ministers.
australia mind world
Id like to see the University of Western Australia and the other four or five universities in Western Australia really excel through having some of the greatest minds in the world attracted to it.
looks world culture
I dont see why, if you look at how the Australian culture and psyche is, that we cant be amongst the most generous, from the grassroots up, nations in the world.
outcomes return demand
The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.
country growing-up canberra
When youre asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.
young-entrepreneurs giving feel-good
I would say to young entrepreneurs and budding philanthropists - are you giving to feel good or do good?
legacy term
Im never looking at life in terms of legacy.
australia littles get-up
Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up.
giving-up failing knows
If you know that something is true and just, and you give up, thats when you fail.
school opportunity waiting
Get out of bed, go to school, stick at school. Make it happen for yourself because those opportunities are waiting.