Stephen Mayne was born on 23 July 1969 and is an Australian journalist, local government councillor, and self-described shareholder activist.
13 Facts About Stephen Mayne
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In 1997 Stephen Mayne appeared on ABC TV's Four Corners as a whistleblower about Kennett's share dealings.
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Stephen Mayne is best known for founding Crikey in 2000, an online independent news service.
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In 1999, Stephen Mayne resigned from his job at The Australian Financial Review in order to run against then Premier of Victoria Jeff Kennett as an independent protest candidate.
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Stephen Mayne later ran as an independent in a subsequent Burwood by-election, caused by Kennett's resignation from politics after his 1999 state election loss.
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At the 2007 federal election, Stephen Mayne ran as an independent for the seat of Higgins against incumbent deputy Liberal leader and treasurer Peter Costello.
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On 30 November 2008, Stephen Mayne was elected to the Heide Ward in the Manningham City Council in Melbourne.
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Stephen Mayne spent 3 years as deputy chair of the Planning Committee until late 2015.
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Stephen Mayne ran as an Independent for the Northern Metropolitan Region in the 2010 Victorian state election, winning a primary vote of almost 1 per cent.
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Stephen Mayne came fourth of sixteen candidates with 4.7 per cent of the vote as an independent at the 2012 Melbourne state by-election.
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Stephen Mayne calls himself "Australia's most unsuccessful candidate", largely because of 48 unsuccessful tilts at public company boards since 2000.
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Between 2011 and 2014, Stephen Mayne worked for the Australian Shareholders Association, first as a volunteer director and later as a paid consultant performing the role of spokesman and Policy and Engagement Coordinator.
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Stephen Mayne has asked questions at more than 400 AGMs since 1998 and left the ASA to return to individual shareholder activism in September 2014.