My Net Worth: Peter Nelson, Datacom's managing director for software

My Net Worth: Peter Nelson, Datacom's managing director for software
Peter Nelson says its it’s important to find the right balance of risk and reward.
Ben Moore
Peter Nelson has been with Datacom, one of Australasia’s biggest IT services companies, for 10 years, since he sold the education tech firm he had built up from the days of floppy disks. Born and raised in a then-rural part of East Auckland, he studied marketing and accounting at the University of Otago before finding his way into IT. In his time at Datacom, he has helped the company to navigate and benefit from the era of cloud and software.I had a fantastic childhood in Howick. We had incredible freedom and could head off in t...

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