Aussie fintech founder dies on holidays after he was sacked from the top job following an affair with one of his workers

Published on: April 26, 2025

By ASHLEY NICKEL FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 23:53 BST, 26 April 2025 | Updated: 00:04 BST, 27 April 2025

The founder of financial tech company Wisr has died of a heart attack at just 46 years old.

Anthony Nantes was one week into his holiday in Sri Lanka when he suffered a fatal medical episode earlier this month.

His loved ones quietly informed family and friends of his passing before the news was aired on Sunday.

Mr Nantes’ death comes a little over a year after he was dismissed as Wisr’s chief executive over a workplace affair in August 2023.

He was later accused of harassing and stalking his mistress, the Courier Mail reported.

Mr Nantes’ affair with a younger female colleague began in 2019 while he was married with children.

When the woman threatened to tell his wife of the affair, Mr Nantes sent 50 emails in one day and visited her home.

He spent 11 days in custody on remand before he was released to bail for the matter.

Anthony Nantes (pictured with his estranged wife, Cassi, and their children) died of a heart attack earlier this month

Mr Nantes (pictured in February 2024) was sentenced to a six-month good behaviour bond after stalking his mistress

A magistrate later told Mr Nantes he’d ‘brought it on himself’ and sentenced him to a six-month good behaviour bond.

Wisr at the time said its board ‘had formed a view over recent months that Anthony was unable to perform the role of CEO to the level required’.

A service for Mr Nantes will be held in mid-May in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

His football club, Manly Vale, held a minute of silence for him on Saturday.