The media sleepout race

The annual CEO sleepout – a major fundraiser for St Vincent de Paul – is tonight and Dr Mumbo is pleased to report that a number of bigwigs in the media and marketing world will be sleeping out.

Now, while it is a charity event, when you gather this many CEOs together it’s hard for them not to compete (just a little) for the most amount raised.

Dr Mumbo congratulates Nicholas Gray The Australian CEO, who as of 12pm today, has raised $126,000 of a $130,000 target and was running third nationally among the CEOs sleeping out. 

Gray is only being beaten by the Crown Resorts chair and CEO and told Dr Mumbo he was happy with the effort, saying: “Congratulations to the staff at St Vincent de Paul for the incredible work they do to help Australia’s 100,000 homeless.