A TOP CEO was stabbed to demise in a horror knife assault throughout a celebration full of youngsters at his luxurious mansion – earlier than police arrested a 15-year-old boy.

Australian entrepreneur Greg Josephson was internet hosting a big gathering of 30 or so teenagers at his dwelling in Brisbane on the time of the lethal stabbing, cops mentioned.

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The businessman, 58, was the co-founder of youth clothes firm Common Retailer, which he and his brother Michael created in 1999.

Josephson knew the alleged killer earlier than the 2 acquired into an altercation round 8:15pm on Thursday, Queensland police mentioned.

The 15-year-old allegedly used a family merchandise to perform the assault.

Queensland Police Appearing Assistant Commissioner Rhys Wildman mentioned: “There was some type of altercation that resulted on this 58-year-old male tragically shedding his life.

“It’s not a case of carrying knives, it’s sadly allotted in a house.”

Police rushed to the home in Clayfield, Australia, and located the CEO critically wounded.

He was later pronounced useless on the scene.

Cops instantly launched a manhunt and had been capable of find {the teenager} two blocks south of Josephson’s dwelling.

The kid was charged with homicide after being questioned and is presently being held with out bail.

Police detective Craig Williams mentioned: “I can verify that there was a celebration beneath method on the home with various younger individuals.”

He defined that many of the teenagers had been utterly unaware of the horrifying assault when it occurred.

“It was a complicated scenario,” Williams added.

A variety of youngsters who had been on the dwelling throughout when the knife assault happened are actually talking with police.

Common Retailer makes a speciality of trend-led clothes for women and men, with its goal viewers age being 15 to 34, in accordance with their web site.

His firm was offered to a consortium of personal fairness buyers in 2018 for $100million.

Josephson had been chief govt of Josephson Holdings Pty Ltd. since 2018, in accordance with his LinkedIn.

He appeared to have stored a comparatively low public profile.

Common Retailer introduced Josephson’s demise in a heartbreaking assertion.

They mentioned: “We needed to share the unhappy information that Greg Josephson, who based our firm and performed a big function till 2018, has lately handed away.

“Our honest ideas and condolences are together with his household at this very unhappy time.”

The tragic boss had purchased the six-bed, six-bath “five-star” mansion again in 2016 for $1.25million.

The three-storey pad, tucked away in Brisbane’s upmarket Clayfield suburb, was remodeled in 2022, in accordance with 7News.

The house is now estimated to be value a whopping $3.2million.

Josephson had lately listed the luxurious property in the marketplace as he deliberate to maneuver his household north to Noosa.

Horrified neighbors had been left in shock after listening to concerning the high-profile killing.

Some mentioned the celebration was very quiet earlier than the deadly assault.

One neighbor instructed the Courier Mail: “It was extraordinarily quiet, I wouldn’t have even recognized there was a celebration occurring final night time.”

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