S5 Ep29: Roger Fletcher, the bush billionaire
Update: 2025-08-28
Description
In this week's episode, podcast host Kerry Lonergan catches up with processor Roger Fletcher, the man behind Australia's most successful integrated sheep meat processing business, Fletcher International. In a wide ranging conversation, the pair discuss Roger's humble beginnings droving sheep around Glen Innes; the opportunities he seized along the way to help build his $1.4b empire; and current high lamb prices, and how sustainable they are.
Other topics of conversation include:
- Why he never got into cattle
- Expanding interests in Western Australia
- Exclusion fencing
- Today's challenges
- Lot feeding sheep
- Saying 'no' to Kerry Packer
- ... and more
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