Fail File: Emmet Hobbs, chairman of Hirepool

Fail File: Emmet Hobbs, chairman of Hirepool
Emmet Hobbs has learned a lot from his children. (Image: Supplied)
Victoria Carter
Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure and disappointment and what they learned. This time, she talks to Emmet Hobbs, chairman of Hirepool, LM Technologies and a director of Hydraulink in NZ and Australia.I was disappointed when: both my marriages broke up, but the offset is that I am now great friends with my ex-wives. I chat multiple times a week with them. For the past 10 years or more, I’ve put on a pre-Christmas party; we all catch up as a large family with my seven children and both wives. Everyone gets on....

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