WiseTech Global

WiseTech Global was founded in 1994 by Richard White, a former musician and logistics technology entrepreneur, who serves as CEO and Executive Director. The firm is a publicly listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange, where White remains the controlling shareholder. Governance follows Australian public-company standards with a board of directors overseeing the executive team.

CargoWise is an integrated logistics execution platform that processes freight forwarding, customs, warehousing, and land transport on a single, globally accessible ledger. Its single-ledger architecture means every party to a shipment — forwarder, customs broker, warehouse, carrier — works from the same data record rather than reconciling separate systems. This makes it an operating system for logistics rather than a collection of software modules.

WiseTech deploys capital primarily through acquisitions of logistics software businesses that expand CargoWise's geographic reach, deepen its functional capabilities, or add domain-specific compliance features. The firm has acquired more than 50 companies since listing. It does not operate as a family office investment vehicle; capital allocation decisions are made by the public-company leadership under the board's oversight.

WiseTech serves logistics service providers of all sizes across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa, maintaining physical offices in 38 cities across six continents. Its CargoWise platform is used by global freight forwarders, customs brokers, and regional logistics operators, making its geographic exposure exceptionally broad and correlated with global trade volumes.

In May 2026, WiseTech became a DCSA+ partner, joining the Digital Container Shipping Association's effort to standardize data exchange across container shipping. This role gives WiseTech direct input into the operational standards that will govern digital shipping documentation, booking, and tracking — effectively positioning CargoWise as a reference implementation for the emerging standards framework (per WiseTech Global media release, May 2026).

WiseTech integrates directly with ocean and air carriers via application programming interfaces (APIs) rather than through third-party aggregators. The May 2026 direct data connection with American Airlines Cargo is an example: forwarders using CargoWise can plan, book, and confirm shipments directly, without leaving the platform, reducing latency and eliminating re-keying errors that are common with multi-system workflows.

WiseTech does not operate a family-office investment arm separate from its public-company activities. Its founder, Richard White, maintains personal and philanthropic interests, but these are not run through WiseTech Global's corporate structure. Any direct investments made by the company are disclosed through Australian Securities Exchange filings.