Jun 17, 2026 – 11.45amIs StarRez executive Travis Knipe a shoo-in for next year’s Rich List?Travis Knipe is one of the new owners of NBL basketball club, Melbourne United Photograph by Chris HopkinsSarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
StarRez windfall puts Knipe on the Rich List radar
Knipe was supported on both transactions by Arnold Bloch Leibler’s Jeremy Leibler and freshly-minted partner Ari Bendet.











