Michael Grant, The Trusted Legacy Strategy Planner For Successful Business Owners is interviewed by television news presenter and reporter Amber Sherlock of TV’s Nine News. They discuss his story and the success he’s had in his career.
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Amber Sherlock: Can you share with the audience a little bit about your story and the success that you’ve had so far in your career?
Michael Grant: Well, I grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. In my senior year of high school, I was elected school captain by my peers. I went to the University of New South Wales, got a commerce degree. And after that, I joined an accounting firm and specialised as an auditor but then I really enjoyed being a tax advisor so I swapped. During that time I became a chartered accountant as well. After that, I started thinking, well, how do I progress my career? So I moved to a mid-tier accounting firm where I became a partner. For the next 20 years, I specialise in taxation, but towards the end of that time I was elected to the firm’s board, became its chairman, and spent some time as managing partner. When I was a managing partner, I was responsible for merging the firm in one of the six largest accounting firms in the world, and that was a great outcome for the firm. After that, I did some reflection on myself and realised that I should retire from the firm. Then did some overseas travel with my wife, focused on my health, and then started to look at what’s next. I created a little accounting firm of my own or advisory firm on my own. And I then distil 30 years of experience in a book, Identifying And Managing Your Legacy.
