From Rodeo Arenas to Technology Leadership: The Unstoppable Drive of Guy McPhee

Guy McPhee was born in Wangaratta, Victoria, and raised on a quarter horse stud farm in Lurg, where life revolved around horses and rodeo. With parents deeply involved in the sport, he learned to ride before he could walk and was competing by the age of ten. At sixteen, he reached the national rodeo finals, following in the footsteps of his father, Gary McPhee, a legendary rodeo figure whose bucking bull Chainsaw became an icon of the sport.

By eighteen, Guy had won his first world championship in the United States, followed by a second at twenty-two. Competing internationally showed the world what an Australian cowboy could achieve on the global stage. In 1988, he broke the Australian team roping record with his partner Jamie Knox, a record that stood for more than a decade. He continued competing until the age of thirty-two before stepping into leadership as president of the Rodeo Association and later serving on the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, where he advised the government on animal welfare in professional rodeo.

His career later took a new direction. He joined Qantas, appearing in in-flight advertorials with Deborah Hutton, which led to opportunities in the modeling industry. For over a decade he worked with Tamblyn Model Management, all while developing a career in technology and telecommunications. At fifty, Guy was diagnosed with ADHD, a revelation that explained his relentless drive to juggle multiple projects. What some saw as a challenge, he came to view as a strength that had powered his many achievements.

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