Tony Nash started his first internet business in 1996. In 2004 Tony founded Booktopia, an online bookstore, with an allocated budget of $10 a day. The company’s first book sold in 3 days. Fast track ten years and Booktopia now sells one book every ten seconds, with an annual turnover of $115 million a year.
A multiple business award winner, Booktopia was listed in BRW’s Fast 100 from 2009 to 2014, 2016 and 2017, and was voted Australia’s Favourite Bookshop by the Australian Booksellers Association.
One of the defining aspects of the business is its philanthropic program having so far donated $750K in books and cash to literacy based projects in Australia.
With a background in recruitment, programming, business development, selling, SEO and internet marketing, Tony has developed outstanding negotiation and leadership skills with a thorough understanding of sales, forecasting, bootstrapping, PR, empowerment and managing an executive team.
Tony appears in Melbourne and Brisbane
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