Malcolm Macdonald made $50 million after the digital accounting company he co-founded in 1986 with fellow NBR Rich Lister Derek Jones was sold to MYOB.
BankLink was sold to MYOB for $136m in 2013.
BankLink now automates and streamlines the accounting process for more than 4500 accounting practices and over a quarter of a million small business clients across New Zealand and Australia.
These days Macdonald’s active investments have been mainly through NZ Ice Angels but he also explores the wider New Zealand investment community and is an independent director of New Zealand startup technology company Datagate Innovation.
2018: $65 million