Andrew Reuven Bassat is a co-founder of

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along with his brother Paul Bassat. Since its inception in September 1997, the company has become the #1 Job seeking portal in Australia. Bassat remained CEO of SEEK until 2021 (succeeded by

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), at which point he became CEO of SEEK Investments, a subsidary of SEEK Limited, with a dedicated focus on making new investments and managing and growing SEEK's existing investments. Bassat also became president of the

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in December 2018.

Biography

His father was an IBM executive from Egypt and his mother was born in Poland. Bassat attended

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, and then completed a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) at the

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, Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from

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, and a Master of Business Administration degree

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. Bassat worked as a solicitor at Corrs Chambers Westgarth and then became a management consultant with

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. With his brother Paul, he founded SEEK in 1997 following Paul's bad experience in searching for a home. Bassat was awarded the Australian EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2013.

References

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