A scam set WA’s fertiliser king on a path to a $5b fortune
About this episode
This episode explores how Vikas Rambal's experience with a scam during a business trip led to the founding of the Perdaman Group and the ambition to build Australia's largest fertiliser plant.
Vikas Rambal came to Australia from India on a prospective business trip in 2000. But the project he was looking into was not what it seemed. It was a moment on his five-day trip that would prove to be pivotal. On this week’s episode of How I Made It, Rich List editor Yolanda Redrup finds out how a scam and a chance encounter set about the Perdaman Group founder’s dream to build the country’s largest fertiliser plant. This podcast was sponsored by Telstra . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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