‘The LinkedIn Lecher’: Billionaire founder, chief executive of WiseTech Global, Richard White’s controversial approaches, board concerns revealed |SMH

The board of Australia’s biggest listed technology company, WiseTech Global, will re-examine serious allegations against the firm’s billionaire founder and chief executive, Richard White, by a sexual partner that resulted in a confidential multimillion-dollar payment by White to settle the matter.

The bombshell development follows an emergency weekend board meeting triggered by a series of questions from The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, and heaps further pressure on the rich-lister, who was already struggling to contain the fallout from other allegations about his personal life spilling into the public arena.

The joint investigation by the three mastheads can reveal a woman who had a sexual relationship with Australia’s 11th richest person made several claims about him in late 2020 including allegations he had engaged in inappropriate behaviour.

Salacious details about White’s private life entered the public domain in the past month. The WiseTech founder lodged a bankruptcy notice against another former lover, Sydney wellness entrepreneur Linda Rogan, who applied to the Federal Court to have it thrown out.

In court documents, Rogan alleged White expected her to have sex with him in exchange for an investment in her business.

In April 2021, Sutherland Local Court heard that NSW police were applying for an apprehended violence order against White. The woman seeking protection from White was his then-partner and now wife, Zena Nasser. Two months later, Nasser withdrew her AVO application via a sworn affidavit.

Neither Nasser nor White responded to questions about the AVO. Instead, a response was received from a source, speaking anonymously because the matter was sensitive, who said: “Zena was at the time in a distorted mental state and suffering a paranoid episode.”

Nasser and White continued their relationship and married in July in Austin, Texas. They recently welcomed their first child through surrogacy.

Source: ‘The LinkedIn Lecher’: Billionaire founder, chief executive of WiseTech Global, Richard White’s controversial approaches, board concerns revealed

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