Todd Scott

Last updated

Todd Scott is the owner and publisher of National Business Review , alongside his wife, Jackie Scott.

Contents

Biography

After leaving school early, he trained as a butcher, and in 1989 was named New Zealand young butcher of the year. [1]

Radio

During the early 1990s, Scott was a part-time announcer with More FM. [1] He was the 2003 sales person of the year of the NZ Radio Awards. [2] In 2004, as promotions advisor for RadioWorks, Scott awarded The Edge 97.5 Wellington/WelTec Scholarship to a recipient student of the Wellington Institute of Technology. [3]

Television

In 1997 and 1998, Scott co-hosted Lotto with Hilary Timmins and in 1999 appeared on the television show Wish You Were Here. He appeared on TV3’s Target from 2002 to 2004 and hosted the quiz show Cash Battle on TV2 in 2005. [1]

National Business Review

Scott joined NBR in 2008 as director of sales to lead development of its online business. [1] He was appointed chief executive in 2010.

In 2012, he bought the business from long-time owner Barry Colman. [4] In late 2017, Colman filed a general security agreement over Scott's holding company Fourth Estate Holdings (2012), giving Colman the right to appoint receivers if at any point repayments were missed or the terms of the agreement were breached. In February 2018 Scott remortgaged his $4.5m St Heliers home, borrowing that was related to his involvement in NBR. [5]

In early 2020, Scott settled his debt with Colman, selling his home for $5.15m to achieve this, and became sole owner of NBR. In an interview with the Spinoff, Scott admitted to losing $14m. After selling his house, Scott and his wife live in their motorhome. [6]

In June 2020, former Finance Minister Steven Joyce was awarded $269,000 in solicitor and client costs after successfully suing NBR and Scott for defamation. [7]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trevor Mallard</span> New Zealand politician

Trevor Colin Mallard is a New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party. First elected to Parliament in 1984, he was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2017 until 2022.

The New Zealand Initiative is a pro-free-market public-policy think tank and business membership organisation in New Zealand. It was formed in 2012 by merger of the New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR) and the New Zealand Institute. The Initiative’s main areas of focus include economic policy, housing, education, local government, welfare, immigration and fisheries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stuff (company)</span> New Zealand news media company

Stuff Ltd is a privately held news media company operating in New Zealand. It operates Stuff, the country's largest news website, and owns nine daily newspapers, including New Zealand's second and third-highest circulation daily newspapers, The Dominion Post and The Press, and the highest circulation weekly, Sunday Star-Times. Magazines published include TV Guide, New Zealand's top-selling weekly magazine. Stuff also owns social media network Neighbourly.

The National Business Review is a New Zealand online news publication aimed at the business sector. It has journalists based in Auckland and Wellington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Leitch (businessman)</span> New Zealand businessman

Sir Peter Charles Leitch, also known as The Mad Butcher, is a New Zealand businessman. Although well known in New Zealand for the chain of butcheries he founded and is currently the brand ambassador of, Leitch is arguably just as well known for his charity, fundraising work and his promotion of rugby league.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacob Rajan</span> New Zealand actor and playwright

Jacob Rajan is a Malaysian-born-New Zealand playwright and actor. His highly successful plays include the trilogy Krishnan's Dairy, The Candlestick Maker and The Pickle King. Another work was The Dentist's Chair. In 2002, he received the prestigious Laureate Art Award. All of Rajan's plays, except his first, Krishnan's Dairy, were originally produced for his theatre company, Indian Ink Theatre Company, and co-written with director/writer Justin Lewis, co-founder of Indian Ink.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Owen Glenn</span>

Sir Owen George Glenn is an Indian-New Zealand expatriate businessman and philanthropist, who supports humanitarian causes worldwide through his family charity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Xero (company)</span> Accounting software company

Xero is a New Zealand-based technology company that provides cloud-based accounting software for small and medium-sized businesses. The company has offices in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Xero's products are based on the software-as-a-service model and sold by subscription, based on the type and number of entities managed by the subscriber. The products are used in over 180 countries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand writer)</span> New Zealand writer, born 1937

Sir Vincent Gerard O'Sullivan is one of New Zealand's best-known writers. He is a poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic, editor, biographer, and librettist.

The Huljich family are a very high net worth family located in Auckland, New Zealand, worth at least NZD$444 million in 2021 following the sale of their stake in Pushpay for that amount. Their business interests are varied, and include property, new business startups, finance, movie-making and philanthropy. They are of Croatian descent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whanganui High School</span> School

Whanganui High School is a large state co-educational New Zealand secondary school located in Whanganui, New Zealand. Founded in 1958, the school has a roll of 1479 students, including international students as of July 2018, making it the largest school in Whanganui.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guy Williams (comedian)</span> New Zealand comedian and television personality

Guy Malachi Jones Williams is a New Zealand comedian and television personality. Williams was a co-host on satirical news and entertainment television programme Jono and Ben, until the show's end in 2018. In 2019, he began hosting New Zealand Today, a show detailing the lives and events of New Zealand towns and the people who live in them.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rob Fenwick</span> New Zealand environmentalist (1951–2020)

Sir Robert George Mappin Fenwick was a New Zealand environmentalist, businessman and professional director.

Jackie van Beek is a New Zealand film and television director, writer and actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Housing in New Zealand</span> Overview of housing in New Zealand

Housing in New Zealand was traditionally based on the quarter-acre block, detached suburban home, but many historical exceptions and alternative modern trends exist. New Zealand has largely followed international designs. From the time of organised European colonisation in the mid-19th century there has been a general chronological development in the types of homes built in New Zealand, and examples of each generation are still commonly occupied.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toby Morris (cartoonist)</span> New Zealand cartoonist

Toby Morris is a New Zealand cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator and writer, best known for non-fiction online comics that often highlight social issues.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Trotman</span> Businesswoman, director, celebrant and community advocate from Auckland, New Zealand

Sarah Trotman is a businesswoman, director, celebrant and community advocate from Auckland, New Zealand. She has been a member of the Waitematā Local Board of Auckland Council since 2019.

Finlay Macdonald is a New Zealand journalist, editor, publisher and broadcaster. He is best known for editing the New Zealand Listener (1998–2003). Macdonald was appointed New Zealand Editor: Politics, Business & Arts of the online media site The Conversation in April 2020. He lives in Auckland with his partner, media executive Carol Hirschfeld. They have two children, Will and Rosa. His father was the late journalist Iain Macdonald.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mittens (cat)</span> Cat and local celebrity

Mittens is a domestic cat who formerly lived in Wellington, New Zealand, who wandered in Te Aro and the city's central business district. A feline flâneur, he roams up to 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from his home. Selfie pictures with the cat have become a desired item for locals. Mittens is occasionally taken to the SPCA or the police.

Renae Maihi is a New Zealand film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her work on the films Waru and We Are Still Here, both of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 and 2022 respectively.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 New director of sales for NBR | The National Business Review Retrieved December 2011
  2. ↑ The NZ Radio Awards Retrieved December 2011
  3. ↑ Wellington Institute of Technology Scholarships, | Scoop News Retrieved December 2011
  4. ↑ "End of era for NBR publisher". The National Business Review. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Nippert, Matt (19 April 2018). "'Raw and real' NBR boss sure of repayment". NZ Herald. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 15 June 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Greive, Duncan (2 June 2020). "The NBR owner just sold his mansion to live in a motorhome". The Spinoff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Young, Victoria (13 June 2020). "Steven Joyce awarded $269,000 in costs in National Business Review defamation suit". NZ Herald. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 15 June 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.