Victor Smorgon was one of Australia’s richest industrial entrepreneurs but he began his life in starvation and poverty in the turbulent years when Russia moved from a tsarist regime to communism. In this interview, he reveals the secrets of his phenomenal success in business as he tells the story of his extraordinary life.

(1999, 26 mins) A Film Australia National Interest Program. Made in association with SBS TV.

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