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Nov 2
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How a former IBM executive redefined Aus...

The Australian Financial Review
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Chris Lucas grew up in the world of hospitality, often spending time in his dad’s pub in Geelong.

But it wasn’t until his mid-30s that one of the country’s top restaurateurs entered the industry himself.

On this week’s episode of How I Made It, host Lauren Sams finds out how working at IBM as a sales and marketing executive inspired Lucas to become one of the biggest figures in the hospitality industry.

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