Good Price founder honoured with YBPY
October 16, 2013
Good Price Pharmacy
Warehouse chain founder Anthony
Yap was named the Brisbane Times
Young Business Person of the Year
at the 2013 Lord Mayor’s Business
Awards at Brisbane City Hall last
week.
“The awards celebrate the
achievements and contribution
made by our business community
and individuals like Anthony Yap to
Brisbane’s $135 billion economy,”
said Lord Mayor Graham Quirk.
Yap, who is now aged 34, began
with his first pharmacy at the age
of 23 years.
He purchased the pharmacy
with Hahn Luu in 2001 with just
$50,000 of savings and a bank
loan and in 2003 created the Good
Price Pharmacy warehouse brand,
marrying low prices with a broad
product range.
“Anthony is a Brisbane success
story – he studied pharmacy at
University of Queensland, learnt
the retail side of the business, had
great vision from a very young
age and he’s continued to develop
his outstanding business model,”
Councillor Quirk said.
Mr Yap said his business strategy
focussed on passion, perseverance
and people.
“I am extremely excited and
honoured to win the award as it
recognises all the hard work the
team at Good Price Pharmacy
Warehouse have put in over the
last 12 years to make our brand
what it is today,” Mr Yap said.
“Their shared passion and vision
has helped Good Price Pharmacy
develop from just one store and
one full time employee in 2001 to
over 40 stores, across six states and
more than 700 employees,” he said.
This year’s Brisbane Lord Mayor’s
Business awards attracted a record
number of entries.
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