Kirsty Dunphey
Self-Made Millionaire, Entrepreneur & Sales Leadership Powerhouse
Having grown up immersed in an entrepreneurial family, Kirsty Dunphey was destined to forge her own path in business from a young age. Raised by parents who owned multiple businesses and investment properties, and who escaped the rat race to retire in their 30’s, Kirsty was surrounded by entrepreneurial thinking early on. While the journey wasn’t without its challenges, the triumphs and tribulations she witnessed, and lived through, became the foundation of her drive, resilience and commercial instincts.
By the age of 15, Kirsty had already launched two businesses while juggling two part-time jobs. At just 21, she became the owner of an award-winning real estate agency. Continuing on her path of success, Kirsty was a self-made millionaire by 23, self-made multi-millionaire by 25, and financially able to retire by the age of 27.
A proud former National Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year, and the youngest recipient to date, Kirsty is deeply passionate about sharing the lessons learned across her 20-year entrepreneurial journey spanning real estate, finance, sales and wealth creation. Her insights are grounded in lived experience and delivered with honesty, energy and practical relevance.
Kirsty speaks on guiding and empowering sales professionals (particularly women navigating male-dominated industries), building saleable and scalable businesses, and mastering client engagement to turn customers into lifelong fans. She also speaks candidly about the realities of juggling motherhood and a career, sharing her perspective as a working mother of two young daughters who is determined to excel both personally and professionally.
An accomplished author, Kirsty has released two books, ‘Advance to Go, Collect $1Million’ and ‘Retired at 27, If I can do it anyone can’. She’s also a familiar face across national media, with features on the Today Show, Today Tonight, Cosmopolitan, BRW, Marie Claire, The Herald Sun and The Age, among many others.
Today, Kirsty continues to combine her passion for entrepreneurship, customer service, property investment, finance and sales excellence. She delivers keynote presentations around the world and leads multiple business ventures, most notably her mortgage and finance broking company, Up Loans.