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Lisa Messenger (born 1971) is an Australian entrepreneur and author.
Contents
- Tea with jules jules sebastian chats to collective mag founder editor in chief lisa messenger
- Background
- Commercial experience
- Books
- Awards
- References
Background
Messenger grew up on a large farm outside Coolah, central western New South Wales, Australia and now lives north of Bondi Beach, Sydney.
Her first job was as a riding instructor. She graduated from a boarding school in Sydney and Southern Cross University (Bachelor of Business, 1999). She worked for several years before taking her degree. She founded The Messenger Group in 2001 in Sydney, brokering sponsorship deals and doing public relations and marketing.
Her self-help and entrepreneurship books reveal several personal challenges as well as business success. She was married and divorced, and as detailed in her 2016 books, was engaged to entrepreneur Jack Delosa in 2015.
Commercial experience
The Messenger Group is a media company. Lisa Messenger launched it as a publishing company in 2001, and it now has 18 arms including a lifestyle website, publishing, events, marketing consultancy, and homewares. The Group has published around 400 books. Collectivehub.com is the website, and Collective was launched in 2013 with $1.5 million of her own money, as an "entrepreneurial and lifestyle" magazine.
Books
Messenger has written several lifestyle and business books. A recent interview described them as full of "positive, Oprah-esque affirmations".