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EXCLUSIVE: A billion dollar-plus net worth wasn t on Mal Pratt s mind when he left the family business with just a shovel, a ute and a hammer to pursue his dream of being a builder. It was a different time then. Unemployment could be solved with a trip to the Maroochy Pub for a chat with the clientele. A job was usually secured within the first few schooners. Bosses would send labourers to help on another site if they knew a fellow builder was short a set of hands. It was 1972. Having spent time as a lifeguard and a board shaper alongside the legendary Hayden Kenny, the call of the trade was too much for Mr Pratt to ignore. ....