For more than three decades the Ethnic Business Awards has celebrated diversity and success against the odds. In sharing the incredible stories of our migrant entrepreneurs, their struggles, and their triumphs, we make these stories our own Australian stories of small business success.
Zoran Sarabaca was born in Libya to Croatian parents and grew up in Serbia before fleeing the Yugoslavian turmoil of the early 1990s.
Starting a four-month trek by land, Zoran passed through Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka prior to arriving in Australia. Digging ditches as a labourer to survive, Zoran dreamt of one day starting his own business.
After establishing an electrical contracting business that saw two of its largest clients fall into liquidation, Zoran set out to sell the business through a broker. Disappointed with the service, he decided to sell it himself. It was this experience that led Zoran Sarabaca to identify a gap in the market for a more professional, 360 degree, end-to-end, business brokerage service.
Founded in 2005, Xcllusive Business Sales has grown exponentially, employing twenty-four full-time staff and operating across the entire eastern coast of Australia.
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“This is an enormous recognition to not only myself but to our whole team, for their hard work, determination, perseverance, and innovation in providing services to Australian business owners with the exit and transition of ownership of their hardest earned assets, their businesses. This award nomination is an encouragement for us to work even harder and continue with mastering our skills and improving our offerings so that we can continue, in this changing environment, to bring value to business owners in the time ahead, while understanding that it is their future that we are contributing to.”