While he may be intensely private, Berridge Spencer isn’t averse to tapping into the tourism dollar, especially on Waiheke Island where he’s just launched Forest Flight.
Guy Haddleton likens startup Exaba to the early days of Kiwi accounting software firm Xero.
Property developer Sir Ted Manson's advice to budding entrepreneurs is to understand that they can’t do it all.
The Normans both come from retailing backgrounds and have a business ethos to never take profits out of their companies.
Although patriarch Trevor Farmer remains a director of Tappenden, son Dean Farmer and other family members now handle governance on 18 of their companies.
Peter Masfen has been one of New Zealand’s most influential businessmen, starting his professional life as an accountant.
Stewart has been behind the drive for the Christ Church Cathedral rebuild, and is still trying to secure a funding pathway.
When it comes to fundamental issues such as education, health, and social welfare, Plested doesn’t hold back: ‘Education is the enemy of poverty’.
Peter Cooper is not just a developer but also a ‘collector’ – of art, of people, and of enduring relationships.
Ownership of the Talley’s Group is split 50/50 between the families of Ivan Talley’s two sons, Sir Peter and his late brother Michael, who died in 2024.
