What Stewart uncovered in his journey quickly elevated him in his determination to be a successful investor, enabling him to build a solid business portfolio of multi-million dollar clients, which grew by the day through his practical knowledge and persistence.

DORRY

KORDAHI

In late 2002 Dorry Kordahi founded his eponymous Dorry Kordahi Management while still just in his mid-twenties.

Before he celebrated his 30th birthday the company was turning over $3 million dollars a year. Yet with his typically determined view on life, he saw this as just the first stepping stone to still greater heights.

Having morphed into DKM Blue little more than two years ago, the company was listed 20th on the BRW’s 2011 list of Australian 100 Fast Starters.

Moreover, he has received much personal acclaim for his business successes, notable amongst which was reaching Ernst & Young’s prestigious and world renowned Top 4 Eastern Region Finalists Entrepreneur Of The Year. Equally notable was the in-depth feature article by Marketing Magazine which profiled him in a series of ‘Five of the Best’.

Yet none of these accolades has meant that he has rested on his laurels or relegated his hands on approach, which sees him working alongside his team on a daily basis to ensure clients receive the first rate, innovative products and services for which he justly renowned. He even wanted to share the secrets of his success by signing a publishing deal to write a book (just like his own entrepreneurial hero Sir Richard Branson). Titled ‘Power to Act’it details not only his own life as an entrepreneur, but also offers a wealth of ‘how to insights’ for his readers.

This same positive attitude toward life and business ensures that he is constantly looking for and conquering new challenges.

Found a magazine – sure! Why not? Enter ‘BRANDED’ eight years ago. The first of its kind and with the largest circulation in the field promotional marketing, the magazine is a speciality, glossy devoted to entirely marketing.

And speaking of sport. Prior to a life in business, at age thirteen, Dorry became a towel boy for his adored Sydney Kings, but, in typically determined fashion, it was not long before he was playing professional basketball overseas. Just eighteen years after being a towel boy, Dorry’s success allowed him to buy a stake in the famous Sydney Kings.

The background to his first major, life changing decision is as interesting and insightful as the subsequent successes thus far.

Today, in spite of entering BRW’s 2011 Young Rich List at number 100, there remain; locked in his personal safe three scraps of paper covered in scribble. Are they Top Secret? Certainly not, Dorry featured them in ‘The Power to Act’. The scraps are in fact, the very first, defined, notes on his business plan, written back in Europe. Yet as easily they could be interpreted as Dorry’s personal mantra; a blueprint for those first precious building blocks which became the foundations of a career that is still in its ascendancy and which will be writ still much more largely for years to come.