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David Gonski

David Gonski

Australian lawyer and businessman

Sep 2, 2026

MaxHOST
4:18
What were some of those activities and why were those things, why was it so important for you to be doing those at the same time?
4:27
I'll answer the second question first.
4:29
I said in your previous episode my adulation for my father.
4:35
My father was, as I said, a modest man, but he wasn't that keen on business people.
4:42
The number of times he shook hands with somebody, I said, what does he do? He says, he's just a business person.
4:48
I got used to that.
4:50
The medical fraternity was his favorite life.

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MaxHOST
13:00
In terms of what do we look for, I
MattHOST
5:34
Is that true? Yeah.
5:35
Oh, Mr. Duffy was very much in my development.
5:38
Sadly, he's dead now.
5:40
Mr. Duffy was the man in charge of the first 15 rugby union teams at Sydney Grammar School, and in particular, the Firsts, which was the team to be in.
5:51
And I got into his maths class, and I thought, this is going to be a disaster.
5:56
And this man and I understood each other from the very moment I sat down.
6:02
And he helped me to become reasonably proficient in maths to the extent we were the B class, to the extent that when the A class wanted me to go into it, I refused.

6 MINS LATER

MattHOST
12:07
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