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The billionaires who stood outside their fathers' shadows
From business rivals to best friends, Lachlan Murdoch (pictured with Lachlan's wife Sarah in 1999) and James Packer have a relationship that spans more than 30 years.
Lauchlan Murdoch and James Packer were key figure in the dramatoc collapse of Australian Telco Onetel in 2001, a venture where their families lost significant money (around $1 billion combined)
As non-executive directors, they were involved in underwriting a capital raising that failed, leading to bankruptcy and subsequent lawsuits from liquidators seeking damages for their withdrawal of support, with the dispute eventually settling for $40 million in 2014, despite their claims of being misled.