• Source: List of New Zealand businesspeople

The following is a list of notable businesspeople from New Zealand.




A


Margaret Alcorn (1868–1967), interior designer and design store owner
Mary Alcorn (1866–1928), interior designer and design store owner
Sophia Anstice (1849–1926), dressmaker and draper
Sir Ray Avery (born 1947), pharmaceutical scientist




B


Norah Barlow (born 1957), former chief executive of Summerset Group
Samuel Brown (1845–1909), Mayor of Wellington and merchant
Alfred Buckland (1825–1903), auctioneer, farmer, businessman and landowner




C


Sir John Logan Campbell (1817–1912), merchant, local politician, businessman, philanthropist, the Father of Auckland
George Thomson Chapman (1824–1881), merchant, bookseller and publisher
Percy Roderick Coleman (1897–1965), founder of Coleman motorcycle importing and distribution company
Dame Trelise Cooper, fashion designer




D


Thomas Wong Doo (1903–1963), merchant, interpreter, community leader
Peri Drysdale (born 1953), founder of Untouched World and Snowy Peak clothing companies
Rod Drury (born 1966), businessman




E


Alfred Eady (1891–1965), music retailer, company director, benefactor
Annie Elsom (1867–1962), florist




F


Sir Michael Fay (born 1949), merchant banker
Josiah Firth (1826–1897), flourmiller, politician, pastoralist, entrepreneur
Ted Firth (1905–1978), manufacturer, aviator, military leader; co-founder of Firth Concrete
Tony Firth (1907–1980), manufacturer, aviator, military leader; co-founder of Firth Concrete
Gregory Fortuin, businessman and Race Relations Conciliator (2001–2002)




G


Theresa Gattung, former chief executive of Telecom New Zealand (1993–2007)
Elizabeth George (c.1814–1902), hotel owner




H


Bendix Hallenstein (1835–1905), clothing manufacturer and retailer, founder of Hallenstein Brothers and the D.I.C.
Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet (1906–2009), chief executive of Bing, Harris & Co.
Graeme Hart (born 1955), New Zealand's richest businessman
Murray Haszard (born 1954), entrepreneur and businessman
Joseph Hatch (1837–1928), Invercargill businessman, "harvester" of penguins
Keith Hay (1917–1997), builder, businessman, local politician, morals campaigner
Harriet Heron (c.1836–1933), hotel owner
Michael Hill (born 1938), jeweller, businessman, golfer
Dame Bronwen Holdsworth (born 1942), co-founder of Pultron Composites
Dick Hubbard (born 1946), founder of Hubbards Foods and Mayor of Auckland (2004–2007)
Christopher Peter Huljich (born 1950), entrepreneur and philanthropist
Michael Huljich (born 1957), entrepreneur and philanthropist
Paul Huljich (born 1952), author, entrepreneur and philanthropist




I


Mary Jane Innes (1852–1941), brewery owner




J


Sir Robert Jones, property tycoon, founder of New Zealand Party




K


Henry Kelliher (1896–1991), businessman, publisher, art patron, credit reformer




L


Johannes La Grouw (1913–2011), OBE and Business Hall of Fame, entrepreneur, philanthropist, co-founder of a revolutionary construction system (Lockwood)
Robert Laidlaw (1885–1971), retailer, founder of FTC, the Farmers Trading Company
Thomson Leys (1850–1924), journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, philanthropist
Sir John Luke (1858–1931), businessman, politician




M


William Betts Mason (1865–1912), founder of W.B. Mason, born in New Zealand and emigrated to the US
Flora MacKenzie (1902–1982), brothel owner and dressmaker
Sir Roy McKenzie (1922–2007), retailer, philanthropist
Sir James Mills (1847–1936), founder of the Union Company
Jeremy Moon, businessman; founder of Icebreaker clothing
Sam Morgan (born 1975), businessman; founder of Trade Me, an Internet-auction website
Nick Mowbray, businessman; co-founder of ZURU, a toy manufacturer
Simon Moutter, engineer, businessman
Sir Arthur Myers (1867–1926), businessman, politician, philanthropist
Douglas Myers (1938–2017), businessman, brewer




N


Joseph Nathan (1835–1912), manufacturer, founded Joseph Nathan & Co. and Glaxo
Sir Charles Norwood (1871–1966), businessman, philanthropist




P


John Plimmer (1812–1905), businessman, has been called the "Father of Wellington"




R


Thomas Russell (c. 1830–1904), lawyer, businessman, politician, financier, land speculator




S


Marianne Smith (1851–1938), businesswoman, founder of Smith & Caughey's, community worker, philanthropist
Sir Dryden Spring (born 1939), businessman




T


Sir Angus Tait (1919–2007), businessman and electronics innovator
Sir Ian Taylor (born 1950), IT and computer animation innovator
Stephen Tindall (born 1951), retailer, founder of The Warehouse Group, a New Zealand department-store chain
Matthew Tukaki (born 1974), businessman, ex-Officio Director of the United Nations Global Compact, CEO of the Sustain Group, a global social investment business




V


Edward Earle Vaile (1869–1956), real estate agent, farmer, philanthropist




W


Sir James Wallace (born 1937), businessman and arts patron
Eric Watson (born 1959), businessman
James Williamson (1814–1888), merchant, landowner, financier, speculator




Y


Jack Yan (born 1972), publisher, designer and businessman




See also


Lists of New Zealanders




References

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