[3] After leaving BHP, Bond began buying quarries, and soon started making $17,000 a month trucking coal.
[3] Bond debuted on the Australian BRW rich list in 2008 with a net worth of $352,000,000,[4] made it to number 21 on the Sunday Mail Queensland Top 150 Rich List[5] and peaked as the 10th richest business person in Australia, with a net worth of $572,000,000.
[7] In 2012, in a world-first, Bond flew 4,000 km across Australia in a jet powered by the fuel produced at Linc Energy's gas to liquid plant in Chinchilla.
The following year Bond signed a deal with Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich to explore gas to liquid opportunities in Russia,[9] after the two met in a Brisbane restaurant – a meeting which was even covered by major international news outlets, including Fox News.
[15] His experience on The Secret Millionaire led him to strike up a friendship with Russell Crowe and launch a television production company called Rough Diamond.