Peter Masfen

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Peter Masfen
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Birth namePeter Hanbury Masfen
Born (1941-08-09) 9 August 1941 (age 82) [1]
Auckland, New Zealand
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Weight88 kg (194 lb) [2]
Sport
SportRowing

Peter Hanbury Masfen CNZM (born 9 August 1941) is a New Zealand businessman, philanthropist, and former representative rower. Regarded as one of the country's most astute businessmen, he is best known for his former shareholding in Montana Wines.

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Private life

Masfen was born in 1941 in Auckland, New Zealand. [3] He received his schooling at King's School [4] and then King's College in Auckland. [5] When he worked for Porter Wigglesworth & Grayburn, he married Joanna Porter, the daughter of principal Rolf Porter. Their sons are Rolf and Anatole and daughter Eugenie. [6]

Involvement in rowing

After having received an invitation to the Henley Royal Regatta, he won the inaugural Prince Philip Challenge Cup regatta in 1963 in Henley-on-Thames. [7] That year, the Henley regatta was regarded as the event that came closest to a world championship. [8] Darien Boswell, Dudley Storey and Alistair Dryden made up the other rowers, and Bob Page was the cox. [7]

The same coxed four team then went to the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where they placed a disappointing eighth. [7] [9] He went to the 1966 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia with the eight, [10] where the team came sixth. [11]

Masfen worked as a rowing coach for some time. [12] He helped fund both the New Zealand women's and men's eight to attend the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [5]

Professional life

Masfen started his professional life as an accountant for the accounting firm Porter Wigglesworth & Grayburn, where he eventually became a partner. He consolidated a number of business interest into Collingwood Holdings, which became Corporate Investments Ltd. [6] [13] He invested in the winemaker Montana Group and held 21% of its shares until 2001, when the winemaker was taken over by Allied Domecq. [6] From 2001 to 2005, Masfen was one of the New Zealand representatives on the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). [14] In 2003, he took a 50% shareholding in the 14,000 hectares (35,000 acres) Mount Linton Station near Ohai in Southland. [10]

Masfen is regarded as "one of New Zealand's most shrewd businessmen" and he has often displayed counter-cyclical investment, with a tendency to holding companies longer term. [5] The Masfen family is on the rich list published by the National Business Review . In 2006, the family wealth was estimated at NZ$330m, [6] and this had increased to over NZ$400m by 2015. [5]

Awards

Masfen was inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame in 2002. [13] He was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2016 New Year Honours, for services to business and philanthropy. [14]

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  2. 1 2 "Peter Masfen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Peter Masfen". New Zealand Olympic Committee . Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Old Boys". King's School (Auckland) . Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Fletcher, Hamish (31 December 2015). "New Year Honours: Peter Masfen - Many a reserve up his sleeve". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Gibson, Anne (12 May 2007). "The corporate grave's comeback kid". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 Leggat, David (6 July 2013). "Rowing: Crew toast 50th anniversary of glorious win". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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  9. ↑ "New Zealand Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Ex-Rower Buys into Ohai Station". The Southland Times . 30 July 2003. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Alderson, Andrew (27 May 2012). "Rowing: Time for change after eights disappointment". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Winter, Chloe (31 December 2015). "Rich-lister Peter Masfen honoured for services to business and philanthropy". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Masfen, Peter Hanbury". New Zealand Business Hall of Fame. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  14. 1 2 "New Year Honours 2016 - Citations for Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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