Welcome to the Ambition Project: a three-part series from Man of Many in collaboration with investing platform Stake, showcasing unique tales of ambition, drive, and the determination to push onwards. Across the series, we follow three distinct stories of perseverance and purpose: world-champion surfer Laura Enever, who has traded the familiar shores of Narrabeen for the unforgiving waves of Hawaii; Big Sam Young, whose grit and resilience have shaped his meteoric culinary rise; and Sydney punk rockers, FANGZ, a band carving out their place in the music landscape on their own terms. Together, these stories capture what it truly means to push onwards, fuelled by passion, defined by determination, and united by ambition.
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Episode 1: Laura Enever
“Thundering down the wave on her board would prove a defining moment in Enever’s career, despite being oblivious to the remarkable scale of her achievement at the time. It was only later, when a photographer who happened to capture the moment informed her she may have set a new world record (later confirmed by Guinness World Records), that the scale of what she had done came into focus.”
Episode 2: Big Sam Young
It took some time for Young to find the right location for his second restaurant, but the grand opening of Young’s Palace in August 2025 was worth the wait. The culmination of years of unceasing drive and ambition on behalf of its head chef, it has proved precisely the restaurant the honorary Aussie had long dreamed of creating, bringing playful, personality-rich food to Kellett Street within his cherished Potts Point.
Episode 3: FANGZ
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