Lists of New Zealanders by net worth have been produced by publications like the National Business Review . In addition, international listings of individuals and families based on net worth, such as the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and The World's Billionaires by Forbes , also include New Zealanders in their listings.
The National Business Review has produced an annual listing of New Zealand's largest wealthiest people and families since 1990. Beginning in 2021, the publication also measured the altruism of New Zealand's wealthiest citizens, in addition to the amount of money they’ve accumulated. [1] The National Business Review evaluates the net worth of individuals and families using the New Zealand dollar.
| Rank | Name | Industry | Value | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mat and Nick Mowbray | Manufacturing | $20 billion [3] | ZURU |
| 2 | Graeme Hart | Investment | $12.1 billion [4] | Rank Group |
| 3 | Goodman family | Property | $5 billion [5] | Goodman Group |
| 4 | Todd family | Investment | $3.5 billion [6] | Todd Corporation |
| 5 | Sir Peter Jackson and Dame Fran Walsh | Tech & Services | $2.6 billion [7] | The Lord of the Rings |
| 6 | Rod Drury | Tech & Services | $2.1 billion [8] | Xero |
| 7 | Sir Michael Friedlander | Property | $2 billion [9] | Samson Corporation |
| 8 | Fukutake family | Investment | $1.6 billion [10] | Still Group |
| 9 | Talley family | Agribusiness | $1.6 billion [11] | Talley's Group |
| 10 | Peter Cooper | Property | $1.6 billion [12] | Cooper and Company - Britomart Precinct |
| 11 | Bruce Plested | Tech & Services | $1.3 billion [13] | Mainfreight |
| 12 | Mark Stewart | Manufacturing | $1.3 billion [14] | PDL [15] , Mastheads Ltd |
| 13 | Masfen family | Investment | $1.2 billion [16] | Greymouth Petroleum |
| 14 | Trevor Farmer | Property | $1.2 billion [17] | Daily Freight [18] |
| 15 | Anne and David Norman | Manufacturing | $1.1 billion [19] | James Pascoe Group |
| 16 | Manson family | Property | $1.1 billion [20] | Mansons TCLM [21] |
| 17 | Guy Haddleton | Tech & Services | $1 billion [22] | Adaytum, Anaplan |
| 18 | Berridge Spencer | Investment | $1 billion [23] | Caxton Pulp and Paper, Purex Toilet Tissue |
| 19 | Gibbs family | Investment | $900 million [24] | Gibbs Farm |
| 20 | Green family | Property | $880 million [25] | Hugh Green Group [26] |
| Name | 2025 Rank [2] | 2024 Rank [27] | 2023 Rank [28] | 2022 Rank [29] | 2021 Rank [30] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mowbray | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Hart | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Goodman | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Todd | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jackson | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
| Drury | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Friedlander | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Fukutake | 8 | 8 | |||
| Talley | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Cooper | 10 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Plested | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | |
| Jones | 10 | 8 | |||
| Delegat | 10 |
International listing of wealthiest people, such as the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and The World's Billionaires by Forbes , include several New Zealanders. Both publications issue their listings using their own methodology to evaluate net worth. Both publications evaluate the net worth of individuals using the United States dollar.
Bloomberg L.P. maintains a daily listing of individuals worldwide by net worth and publishes it as the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Index is updated "at the close of every trading day in New York". [31]
As of 25 November 2023 [update] , Graeme Hart was the only New Zealander listed in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. According to the Index, Hart is the 226th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$9.71 billion, which was primarily accumulated through the finance industry. [31]
Forbes maintains a listing of billionaires entitled The World's Billionaires, and is updated annually. The rankings are based on 8 March 2024 "stock prices and exchange rates" in US dollars. Forbes collaborates with FactSet Research Systems, Orbis, PitchBook Data, Real Capital Analytics, Reonomy, S&P Capital IQ, and VesselsValue to collect data and ascertain its rankings. [32]
The following is a list of individuals whose "country" is listed as New Zealand in Forbes' annual The World's Billionaires for 2024: [32]
| World rank | Name | Net worth (USD) | Source of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 213 | Graeme Hart | $10.4 billion | Investments |
| 1,143 | Richard Chandler | $2.9 billion | Investments |
| 2,046 | Peter Jackson | $1.5 billion | Movies, digital effects |
| 2,545 | Charles Gibbon | $1.1 billion | Software |
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