List of New Zealanders by net worth


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.

Domestic listings

''National Business Review''

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. The National Business Review evaluates the net worth of individuals and families using the New Zealand dollar.
RankNameIndustryValueKnown for
1Mat and Nick MowbrayManufacturing$20 billionZURU
2Graeme HartInvestment$12.1 billionRank Group
3Goodman familyProperty$5 billionGoodman Group
4Todd familyInvestment$3.5 billionTodd Corporation
5Sir Peter Jackson and Dame Fran WalshTech & Services$2.6 billionThe Lord of the Rings
6Rod DruryTech & Services$2.1 billionXero
7Sir Michael FriedlanderProperty$2 billionSamson Corporation
8Fukutake familyInvestment$1.6 billionStill Group
9Talley familyAgribusiness$1.6 billionTalley's Group
10Peter CooperProperty$1.6 billionCooper and Company - Britomart Precinct
11Bruce PlestedTech & Services$1.3 billionMainfreight
12Mark StewartManufacturing$1.3 billionPDL, Mastheads Ltd
13Masfen familyInvestment$1.2 billionGreymouth Petroleum
14Trevor FarmerProperty$1.2 billionDaily Freight
15Anne and David NormanManufacturing$1.1 billionJames Pascoe Group
16Manson familyProperty$1.1 billionMansons TCLM
17Guy HaddletonTech & Services$1 billionAdaytum, Anaplan
18Berridge SpencerInvestment$1 billionCaxton Pulp and Paper, Purex Toilet Tissue
19Gibbs familyInvestment$900 millionGibbs Farm
20Green familyProperty$880 millionHugh Green Group

International listings

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

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".
, 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.

''Forbes''

Forbes maintains a listing of billionaires entitled The World's Billionaires, and is updated annually. The rankings are based on 7 March 2025 "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.
The following is a list of individuals whose "country" is listed as New Zealand in Forbes' annual The World's Billionaires for 2025:
World rankNameNet worth Source of wealth
307$9.3 billionInvestments
1219$3 billionInvestments
2019$1.7 billionMovies, digital effects
2790$1.1 billionSoftware
2933$1 billionSpacecrafts