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The low-down on Kiwi founder pay

Most founders start paying themselves after 29 months, a new survey finds.

LiveRem co-founder Kathleen Webber.

Meet your typical Kiwi startup founder: he’s a 40-year-old male living in Auckland, earning a salary of $205,000 a year. He began paying himself 29 months after founding the company and, as CEO, has been running the company for eight to nine years and has up to 30 staff.

The startup is now

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Fiona Rotherham Wed, 07 May 2025
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