King of Green Cardboard Boxes Profits With Lockdown Shopping

  • Sales at Pratt Industries have climbed during Covid-19
  • Pratt’s wealth up more than 50% in past year to $9.9 billion
Employees check a stack of corrugated cardboard at a Visy factory in Melbourne.Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg
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For Anthony Pratt, the past year has been good.

The executive chairman of packaging maker Visy, the second-biggest private company in Australia, has benefited from soaring demand for green alternatives in a traditional industry.