The man trusted by Kerry Packer, Solomon Lew and Barbra Streisand (yep, seriously!) for stock market guidance

Even after 55 years as a stockbroker, Brent Potts is still going strong. Every day, Potts arrives at his desk to talk to the smartest investors around. He never misses lunch with clients or colleagues. So much so that even in spite of the Coronavirus, he organised for a local Japanese restaurant to deliver food to his workplace (and for that matter, all his colleagues) at Blue Ocean Equities.

Over the past half-century, his client rolodex has included Nine's Kerry Packer, Premier Investments' Solomon Lew, ex-Adsteam boss John Spalvins, and even Barbra Streisand.

Potts has seen just about everything in the Australian market. Through the 1980s, his business partner was the flamboyant Rene Rivkin. Since then, he has built several broking businesses of his own. Each time he sells, he starts again and constructs another operation. He also tends to back his ideas with his own money - something that has served him and his clients well over the years.

In our latest edition of Success and More Interesting Stuff, you’ll hear from Brent first-hand about his career, his take on modern investing, and the future of his storied life.

Time codes

0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Early life
4:40 - Early career
11:35 - Finance in the 1970s
14:14 - Relationships with key clients
29:20 - Lessons from the 1987 collapse
33:12 - Starting over
36:57 - Brokerage in modern finance
41:20 - The importance of workplace culture
45:35 - Differences in finance from the ’70s to today
50:10 - Lessons from the market
55:45 - Future of Brent Potts 

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