Nowadays, being a dropout is not something to be ashamed of especially when you have made a good, perhaps even great, name for yourself. Such is the case with Annette Sylvia Presley who was once described as the "most successful dropout" of the Auckland Technical Institute.
And what a success she has proven to be! Presley is a Kiwi well-known telecommunications entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of Slingshot, one of New Zealand's biggest Internet service providers (ISPs).
In 1992, Presley and her then-husband Malcom Dick moved to Australia where they co-founded Call Australia that grew at an impressive rate. But in 1998, they sold Call Australia and moved back to New Zealand.
Slingshot, for which Presley is most closely associated, started as a of CallPlus, a company founded by the couple in 1996. Presley and Dick held 45% each of the stocks with Martin Wylie, CEO, owning the 10%. Presley also became the company's public face while Dick was in charge of the technical side.
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