Season 2 · Episode 8
How selling TVs for 1c led Ruslan Kogan to owning an online empire
How I Made It · The Australian Financial Review
September 4, 202233m 54s
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Show Notes
His parents moved to Australia with just $90 to their name, raising their young family in a housing commission flat in Melbourne. It was there Ruslan Kogan honed his selling skills, making a buck selling golf balls and washing cars. He’s now worth about $300 million after creating online retailer Kogan.com.
Background reading:
- This Rich Lister quit his job as a consultant to sell TVs for 1¢ While living in a Melbourne housing commission flat, a young Ruslan Kogan honed his selling skills, making a buck selling golf balls and washing cars.
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