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orn and raised in Sydney, apart from a year in Japan. Neal started his media career early, at the age of 17 he was the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. After high school he continued his media career with short stints at the advertising agency DDB Needam and publishing house Genesis Media. He then moved to Canberra at attend ANU to complete degrees in Economics and Asian Studies. While studing at ANU he founded the company Informer Multimedia at the age of 18. The company first acted as a media sales agency, then started publishing it’s own magazine titles. Studies were put on hold as before his 22nd birthday, he built the company up to a level of 23 staff, of which he was the youngest.

In the following years Neal licensed out magazine titles, aquired titles, lauched new offices, titles and brand. For short time Neal’s skills were employed by APN News and Media to manage national and international advertising for their industry publication ‘Travel Week’.

Neal’s time is now more precious than ever, he is married with two small boys. In addition to running this company he also self-manages investment properties and is continuing his media studies.