Lauren SamsFin editor, deputy editor AFR Magazine and fashion editorJul 22, 2026 – 5.00amCraig Carracher is joint CEO of The Living Company. He’s 60 and lives in Woollahra, Sydney (“but my soul lives in Manly”).When did you start playing volleyball?When I realised I wasn’t good enough at basketball. I played basketball at a reasonable level but I wanted to play a sport I could be really good at. There weren’t many people playing beach volleyball in Australia in the late 1980s; a friend from basketball got me into it. It was an exciting time to have a crack at it.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Lauren SamsFin editor, deputy editor AFR Magazine and fashion editorLauren Sams is the editor of Fin Magazine, The Australian Financial Review’s luxury quarterly edition. She is also the deputy editor at The Australian Financial Review Magazine and the fashion editor. She writes about the business of fashion and beauty.Fetching latest articles