Exclusive: El Jannah CEO speaks with SBS as company goes global & ASX rises

What began as a single charcoal chicken shop in Sydney's west has now become a chain that has been acquired by a New York private equity firm. Source: SBS News

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with El Jannah CEO Brett Houldin as the charcoal chicken company secures international funding valuing it at hundreds of millions of dollars, allowing it to quadruple its national footprint and explore options in the Middle-East; plus the week on the sharemarket with Tony Sycamore from IG Markets Securities Limited.

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Published 28 November 2025 6:00pm

Updated 28 November 2025 6:29pm

By Ricardo Gonçalves

Source: SBS News

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SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with El Jannah CEO Brett Houldin as the charcoal chicken company secures international funding valuing it at hundreds of millions of dollars, allowing it to quadruple its national footprint and explore options in the Middle-East; plus the week on the sharemarket with Tony Sycamore from IG Markets Securities Limited.

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