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The upmarket Bistro Moncur in the leafy innerSydney suburb of Woollahra is a world away from the sprawling factories of the city’s western suburbs where Barry Smorgon relished spending two decades of his life. But it is entirely appropriate for a lunch meeting with the deeply private scion of the $2 billion Smorgon family. Smorgon-Investments-The-Australian
The upmarket Bistro Moncur in the leafy innerSydney suburb of Woollahra is a world away from the sprawling factories of the city’s western suburbs where Barry Smorgon relished spending two decades of his life. But it is entirely appropriate for a lunch meeting with the deeply private scion of the $2 billion Smorgon family. The Australian Hub