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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Andrew Forrest (born 1961) also known by his nickname Twiggy, is a Western Australian mining entrepreneur, former chief executive officer, non-executive chairman, and the major shareholder of Fortescue Metals Group. Between 28 December 2007 and 3 October 2008, he was Australia's richest man. He was educated at the Christ Church Grammar School and Hale School in Perth, and after graduating from the University of Western Australia with a double major in economics and politics, worked as a stock broker at broking house Jacksons. In his early 30s, he became the founding CEO of Anaconda Nickel (now Minara Resources). Although this project experienced teething problems during commissioning and attracted intense criticism, it has since grown to be one of Australia's single largest mineral exporters with its giant Murrin Murrin Joint Venture nickel project. In 2003, he took control of Allied Mining and Processing and renamed it Fortescue Metals Group. Since then, the company has grown to possess three times the tenements of its nearest rival in Western Australia's iron ore rich Pilbara region. Fortescue holds major deposits at Mount Nicholas, Christmas Creek, Cloudbreak, and Tongolo.

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