Forbes Australia: From Zero to $300 Million — The Phenomenon of Monika Tu
“I came here with zero. I had to start again and build myself… We wanted to help migrants find a house, but also a school, a community and a sense of purpose.” — Monika Tu
Forbes Australia sat down with Black Diamondz founder Monika Tu to chart her career from arriving in Sydney in 1988 without English fluency to scaling a luxury real estate brokerage transacting over $300 million in residential property annually.
The feature explores Monika’s early commercial success co-founding international electronics company Laser Corporation before identifying an unaddressed niche in Australian real estate: providing high-net-worth international purchasers with an all-inclusive concierge service.
Backed by appearances on Amazon Prime’s Luxe Listings Sydney, the profile details Monika’s hands-on negotiation strategies, her dedication to bridging East-West cross-cultural business dynamics, and her role as a prominent female director in prime real estate.
First reported by Forbes Australia (By Anastasia Santoreneos). Read the original. Photograph: Tali Gordon, supplied to Forbes Australia.
