Anthony Pratt

We were in recycling before recycling was cool. ”

I love Australia. I love the people there; they are fantastic. The business opportunities are endless. ”

I am very proud of being Jewish. I went to a Jewish school all my life. ”

I believe in the difference that a man or woman can make at the top of an organisation. Once you have a really good guy in place at the top, the next most important thing is continuity of management as opposed to a revolving door. ”

Producing clean energy from non-recyclable waste is an important part of my future vision for family company Visy Australia. ”

My vision for Visy Tumut is not only to keep our position as an example of world's sustainable manufacturing, but to build on it. ”

We can bring together rich natural resources, innovative research and development, smart investors, and risk-taking farming and manufacturing entrepreneurs. ”

Ultimately, innovation depends on the people with advanced skills who have the ideas, and on the business risk-takers willing to back them. ”

My company in the U.S., Pratt Industries U.S.A., has grown from scratch to become a billion-dollar business based on recycling, as well as the largest Australian-owned employer of U.S. citizens. ”

When we sell paper in Asia, we sell them things such as their corrugator rolls as well as paper. ”