Stephen Tindall built New Zealand’s biggest discount retailer, then spent thirty years turning its shares into start-ups and philanthropy.
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New Zealand Founders & Dynasties
Graeme Hart, the Todd family, Peter Beck, Rod Drury and Sir Stephen Tindall: the founders and dynasties behind New Zealand’s largest fortunes.
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Rod Drury: How a Serial Founder Built Xero and What He Did Next
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Peter Beck: How a Self-Taught Engineer With No Degree Built Rocket Lab
Peter Beck never went to university, learned on a dishwasher factory floor and now runs the second most active launch company in America.
The Todd Family: How a Quiet Dynasty Turned Cars and Gas Into Billions
Around 200 relatives, one private company and a third of New Zealand’s gas: the Todd family is the country’s oldest big business dynasty.
Graeme Hart: How a Tow-Truck Driver Built a Leveraged Buyout Empire
Graeme Hart turned borrowed money and unglamorous businesses into a NZ$14bn fortune, and he did it almost entirely out of public view.
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