lives of Brian: entrepreneur, philanthropist, animal activist

Brian Sherman was born in a small South African mining outpost.. In 1976, with only $5,000 to his name, he moved to Australia with his young family to start a new life. He started a fund management business with his friend Laurence Freedman and in 1986, they float a novel investment fund on the American Stock Exchange and raise over a billion Australian dollars. Brian goes on to direct the finances of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and together with Laurence, acquires an interest in Network TEN, taking it from receivership to record profits. He chairs the Australian Museum Trust and brings in a heist of priceless specimens. He and gallerist wife Gene become leading philanthropists in the arts, medical science and Jewish affairs while Brian mentors his son, Emile, now an Oscar-winning film producer. Prompted by daughter Ondine, he has an epiphany on animal suffering, and, with her, devotes himself tirelessly to ending factory farming.