Andrew Forrest AO | Executive Founder & Chairman
Fortescue

Dr Andrew Forrest AO is an entrepreneur, scientist and business leader committed to ending fossil fuel use, accelerating green energy, and addressing humanity’s most pressing challenges with data and science-driven solutions.

In 2003, Dr Forrest founded Fortescue, growing it from a small exploration company into one of the world’s leading miners and infrastructure operators, and Australia’s most successful company for shareholder returns.

The scale and success of Fortescue provided the platform for Dr Forrest to establish Minderoo Foundation, now Australia’s largest philanthropy, and Tattarang, one of the country’s largest private investment groups.

Minderoo Foundation is underpinned by a $9 billion endowment, and over the past two decades, has invested in world-leading research and advocacy programs across global challenges including climate and ocean science, humanitarian relief, and the safe governance of emerging technologies.