Where It All Began

Australia Plus, HyppTV Ch 401, 7.30pm

Forced to flee Vienna, Austria, as a young boy during World War II, Hans Mueller’s family found a safe haven in the squalor of the refugee camps in Shanghai, China. The family struggled to make ends meet and Hans was one of the lucky ones who found himself with a visa, begining a brand new life in Australia. Through hard work, determination and a hunger to succeed, he built the Lowes Menswear empire from one small shop in Sydney to an empire with 200 stores across the country.