Andrew Bassat


Andrew Reuven Bassat is the CEO and co- founder of Seek Limited with his brother Paul Bassat. Since its inception in September 1997, the company has become the #1 Job seeking portal in Australia.
Bassat also became president of AFL club St. Kilda in 2018.

Biography

His father was an IBM executive from Egypt and his mother was born in Poland.
Bassat attended Brighton Grammar School, and then completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Laws from Monash University, and a Master of Business Administration degree Melbourne Business School.
Bassat worked as a solicitor at Corrs Chambers Westgarth and then became a management consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton.
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.