Up until now, most publicly available images of TPG boss David Teoh have been through tinted windows, or have shown only the back or side of his head as he moves to avoid the camera. There is no sign of his face on the company's website or in its annual reports. 
This image, published on Monday night by the Australian Financial Review, shows an exceedingly rare full shot of the secretive man behind the operation of one in every four Australian internet connections.
Moving to Australia from Malaysia in 1986, Teoh himself is quite rare in the telecommunications industry as a billionaire and chairman of a company he himself built from the ground up. Having previously existed as a single storey computer store in Sydney, TPG began offering internet services in the early 2000s and has grown almost exponentially since then.
In 2009 Teoh's company bought Pipe Networks, and in 2013 AAPT. Most recently, TPG acquired rival iiNet after stalking it for four years, making TPG the second biggest provider of fixed-line internet in Australia following Telstra. 
At its full-year earnings conference on Tuesday, TPG is expected to report income of $250 million, up from $192 million in the previous year.
TPG's market capitalisation has grown seven-fold in the past five years to $8.3 billion.
Talking to the AFR, former Optus chief Kevin Russell said David Teoh deserved more respect than anyone in the telecommunications business.
"He hasn't been appointed into a CEO role of a well-established company", said Russell. "He has built an organisation and created massive value for his shareholders in the process through smart business dealings."
Not everyone in telecommunications feels the same way, with concerns that TPG's acquisitions have homogenised a large chunk of the industry, notably replacing iiNet's charm and culture with its own signature no-frills, low-overhead style.
One critic in particular, who asked not to be identified, said to the AFR of TPG: "It's not a public company. It's a dynasty."
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