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Virgin Australia’s management team has started booking in meetings with prospective investors ahead of plans for an initial public offering and as new chief executive Dave Emerson begins his tenure.

Meanwhile, the chief executive of one of Australia’s largest building products manufacturers believes energy supply will play a major part in the coming federal election and has labelled LNG imports “an absurdity”.

And read about how every morning, the man who built Australia’s most valuable network of data centres reminds himself of two key moments: when he was poor, and his company’s near-death. Read more in The List: Australia's Richest 250 magazine, out Friday.