Fred Schebesta

finder.com.au co-founder and director Fred Schebesta in Sydney, Australia in 2015

Fred Schebesta is an Australian entrepreneur,[1] author,[2] digital marketer,[1] media commentator[3] and active member of the Australian start-up and small business industry.[1] He is best known as the co-founder and director of the Australian comparison shopping website finder.com.au[4] and for becoming one of the youngest self-made millionaires in Australia at the age of 26.[5][6]

Career

Company founders Frank Restuccia and Fred Schebesta at finder.com.au HQ in Sydney, Australia

Schebesta co-founded his first digital company at the age of 22, when he was a student at Macquarie University in Sydney. He founded the comparison shopping website finder.com.au in 2006. The company has grown to become one of Australia's most successful online companies[7] and in July 2015, Schebesta and his business partner Frank Restuccia launched an American version of the website, called finder.com.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CEOs | Vinnies CEO Sleepout". Ceosleepout.org.au. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  2. ↑ Fred Schebesta (2015-05-06). "Five business lessons my mother taught me". SmartCompany. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  3. ↑ "Fred Schebesta". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Killalea, Debra (2013-12-03). "The frugal habits Fred Schebesta swears by for building wealth". News.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  5. ↑ Ham, Larissa (30 November 2014). "Smart saving tips from an Aussie millionaire". The New Daily. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. ↑ ASX, ASX (4 June 2007). "Acquisition of Freestyle Media Group" (PDF). Qltd. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
  7. ↑ Beeche, Mat (13 August 2013). "Q&A with Fred Schebesta Founder of Finder.com.au". Startup Daily. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Schebesta, Fred (29 July 2015). "The United Countries of America: What it's Really Like to Start a Business in the U.S. | Fred Schebesta". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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