Unfiltered
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Annah Stretton: How Annah Stretton made $500,000 profit in her first year of business
January 17, 2019 06:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBAnnah Stretton started Stretton Clothing in Morrinsville in 1992, where the Head Office is based today. In her first year she had revenue of $1 million, with 50% of that being profit! Stretton Clothing now has over 20 retail stores in New Zealand and employs close to 100 people, with an online following of over 230,000 people. Annah is also very active in the philanthropic space, and has been recognised for some incredible awards, including EY Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2015, EY Entrep...
Aaron Bhatnagar: Continuing a family legacy - Investing in New Zealand’s high-growth businesses
January 16, 2019 20:14 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBAaron Bhatnagar is a venture capitalist, investor and director based in Auckland, New Zealand. Aaron was born in Canada and migrated to New Zealand with his parents at a relatively young age. He attended St Kentigern College and has a Master of Arts degree with Honours from the University of Auckland. He is the son of Sir Roger Bhatnagar, a businessman and entrepreneur who made his fortune from the Noel Leeming appliance retail chain. Aaron invests in the New Zealand and global equities m...
Mark D'Arcy: Why every ambitious business must have a mobile platform
January 16, 2019 11:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBMark D'Arcy is the Chief Creative Officer of the Facebook Creative Shop, and manages a team of around 150 strategists across 29 countries to help businesses get the most out of Facebook. Prior to joining Facebook, Mark spent seven years at Time Warner in New York, as Chief Creative Officer of its Global Media Group. In 2009, Mark was also named President of the Group and Senior Vice President of Time Warner. Watch Mark’s interview on #Unfiltered: www.unfiltered.tv/public/mark-darcy
Nigel Morrison: "If you get 6 out of 10 right, you'll own the world."
January 14, 2019 10:30 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBUntil recently the Chief Executive Officer of SKYCITY, Nigel Morrison has over 20 years of experience in the casino industry, having held roles such as Group Chief Financial Officer of Galaxy Entertainment Group, CEO of Federal Group (Australia's largest private gaming group) and Chief Operating Officer of Crown Limited. Before getting into casinos in 1993, Nigel was a Corporate Finance Partner with E.Y. Melbourne. Watch Nigel’s interview on #Unfiltered: www.unfiltered.tv/public/nigel-morri...
Shane Anselmi: From $4m to $60m - The family business that consistently doubles in size
January 13, 2019 06:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBShane Anselmi is the CEO of Overland Footwear, which originated from a company that was formed over 50 years ago. Overland company operates 60 stores across three brands throughout Australia and New Zealand and is a well-established premium footwear brand, with more than 450 employees and a strong focus on staff engagement. Overland has placed as a finalist in the Kenexa Best Workplaces Awards every year since 2004, earning overall winner in 2013 and in 2014 taking out the Large Workplaces ...
Ian McCrae: How a 4-person startup grew into a $500m global corporation
January 12, 2019 19:13 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBDirector, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Orion Health, Ian started Orion in 1993 with a four-person staff in Auckland. Before founding Orion Health, Ian was a senior telecommunications consultant for Clearfield Consulting, specializing in message standards and connectivity of data network systems and infrastructures. Prior to his work at Clearfield, Ian worked for Ernst & Young designing corporate networks. He holds a Masters in Engineering Sciences and a Bachelor of Engineering (Ho...
Tim Norton [Smales]:From a Matamata farm to $100 million business
January 07, 2019 11:40 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBTim Norton is the Founder and CEO of 90 Seconds, an innovative cloud-based video production platform. A serial entrepreneur, Tim has been starting and growing businesses since he was 20-years-old. He has a mix of technology, marketing, design, finance and leadership experience, and at one point in his career was $750,000 in debt. Tim started 90 Seconds in 2010, and since then he has grown the business to over 150 employees based in Singapore, London, Tokyo, Manila, San Francisco, Hong Kong...
Sir Douglas Myers: How To Get The Most Out Of Setbacks
December 21, 2018 12:30 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBListed as one of the country's richest men with an estimated net worth of $930 million (according to NBR), Sir Arthur Douglas Myers, KNZM CBE is one of our most respected and admired businessmen. Following in the footsteps of his father Sir Kenneth Myers and his grandfather Sir Arthur Myers, Sir Douglas was appointed CEO of Campbell & Ehrenfried in 1965. A series of mergers and cross shareholdings led to the creation of Lion Breweries, Lion Nathan and finally Lion PTY, a company in which My...
Simon Moutter: How To Grow A Multi-Billion Dollar Corporation With No New Ideas
December 19, 2018 06:41 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBThe Managing Director of Spark New Zealand, Simon Moutter has led the reinvention of Telecom to Spark New Zealand. He has a deep understanding of the industry, having managed most parts of Telecom in previous roles, most recently as Chief Operating Officer during the years 2003-2008. Simon was also the CEO of Auckland Airport for a number of years, and spent 13 years in the electricity and gas industry including as chief executive of Powerco (from 1992 to 1999). Simon has a Master's degree ...
Matt Mullenweg: Powering a more open, democratic and accessible web
December 18, 2018 18:09 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MBMatt Mullenweg is the Founder and CEO of Automattic, and the Lead Developer of web publishing platform WordPress. Today WordPress powers more than 31% of the internet and reaches more than 400 million unique users each month. He is also the Founder of Audrey Capital, an investment and research company. Growing up in Houston, Texas, music was a large part of Matt’s early years. He attended the High School for the Performing Visual Arts where he studied jazz saxophone. He also built his first...
Kathryn Wilson: How a 22-year old established herself as New Zealand's premiere footwear designer
December 17, 2018 06:02 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBIn less than a decade, Kathryn Wilson has established herself as New Zealand's premier footwear designer. After graduating from Massey University and winning an AMP Scholarship, Kathryn honed her design skills and in 2003, created the Kathryn Wilson label. Since then, Kathryn Wilson has emerged as one of the fastest-growing fashion brands in New Zealand. Stocked in over 100 local boutiques and with an ever-growing online market, the label is on the front foot in the fashion industry. Her a...
Gavin Faull: $60 Million, 130 Hotels and 7,000 Employees - The Story of Swiss-Belhotel International
December 15, 2018 21:23 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBGavin Faull is the Chairman and President of Swiss-Belhotel International, and the driving force behind the recent extreme growth of the brand. While Swiss-Belhotel owned just 3 hotels when he bought it, it now has over 150 hotels and projects under management, in locations ranging from Kuala Lumpur to Kuwait, China, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. In total the brand spans 20 countries, and employs some 7,000 people worldwide. Gavin was born in Taranaki in the late 1940's, and a...
Angus Norton: From Selwyn High to Vice President of Microsoft
December 13, 2018 17:40 - 53 minutes - 49.6 MBCurrently Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President of Xero, Angus Norton is one of New Zealand's most experienced technology executives and has held numerous senior roles around the world, including leading a team of 500 who helped build Microsoft Office, and played a key role in the development of Bing. Angus was formerly Vice President and General Manager of Microsoft, managing the Office product line for the USA, an $8bn responsibility. He has over 20 years of worldwide experie...
Hildegard Wortmann: Integrating between past and the future in the premium mobility market
December 13, 2018 01:53 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBHildegard Wortmann is Senior Vice President Asia-Pacific at BMW Group. Starting her career with early entrepreneurship at University, Hildegard then went on to an 8-year career with Unilever, where she was a Marketing Director for Calvin Klein. A BMW veteran who has been with the group for over 20 years, Hildegard has risen quickly through the ranks to become Senior Vice President of BMW in the Asia-Pacific region. In various roles, she has led brand management and product management glob...
Ian Narev: From Auckland Uni to CEO of a $140 billion company
December 11, 2018 23:30 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBCurrently CEO of Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ian Narev was recruited for CBA by Sir Ralph Norris in 2007, and by mid-2011 was appointed CEO of the bank, managing a total of $873 billion in assets, 52,000 staff and 15 million customers. Ian was formerly a Partner of McKinsey & Company based in New York, Sydney and Auckland, where he was head of the New Zealand Office, and he also has experience working as a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions. He holds two Master of Law degree...
Jake Bailey: Adversity, Mindset and a New Outlook on Life - Inspiration From a Young Cancer Survivor
December 11, 2018 15:41 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBJake Bailey is an international motivational speaker and bestselling author. He made headlines worldwide after his valedictory speech at Christchurch Boys’ High School went viral in November 2015. Jake was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, the most aggressive cancer known to man, one week before he was due to deliver the traditional Senior Monitor’s speech. Given just two weeks to live if left untreated, Jake persevered through to make the speech, which went on to draw global...
Glenn Martin: How an Otago grad created the world's first functional jetpack
December 09, 2018 16:02 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBAn exceptional individual whose story has intrigued and baffled engineers, scientists, and aviation experts around the world, Glenn Martin is the Founder of Martin Aircraft, and (perhaps more importantly) the inventor of the world's first viable jetpack, the Martin Jetpack. Glenn studied at physiology and biochemistry at the University of Otago in the late 1970's, before working in sales in Christchurch at Douglas Pharmaceutical. He founded Martin Aircraft in 1998, but had been working on t...
Kevin Kenrick: Media industry secrets - The single biggest key to growth
December 06, 2018 01:49 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBKevin Kenrick is the Chief Executive Officer of TVNZ, and a Non-Executive Director of BNZ. After graduating from the University of Waikato with a Bachelor of Management Studies, Kevin Kenrick has held various roles with a number of New Zealand's leading corporate organizations, including Air New Zealand, Lion Nathan, Carter Holt Harvey and Telecom NZ, with experience working for British Telecom in the United Kingdom. Prior to joining TVNZ as CEO in 2012, Kevin served as CEO of House of Tra...
Mike Taylor: 130x Growth - How pie funds grew from $3 million to $300 million in 8 years
December 04, 2018 23:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBMike Taylor is the CEO, CIO and Founder of Pie Funds. After turning $10,000 into $250,000 over 7 years investing in Australasian stocks, Mike decided to start Pie Funds in June 2007. Friends and family invested $3 million in the Growth Fund in December 2007, but with the onset of the GFC it was a "challenge to make sure that $3 million didn't go to 0" in the first year of business. 10 years later, and Pie Funds now has in excess of $400 million under management, almost 1,400 clients and aro...
Lisa King: Social enterprise - the business of doing good
December 04, 2018 06:00 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBLisa King is the Founder & CEO of Eat My Lunch, a social enterprise on a mission to make sure that no child at school goes hungry. After finishing high school, Lisa turned down an offer by her parents to purchase a business and instead attended university. She then embarked on a 15-year corporate career in marketing with some of the world’s FMCG giants including Unilever, Heinz Watties, PepsiCo and Cadbury. In mid-2015 while working as Global Marketing Manager for Fonterra, she came across...
Seeby Woodhouse: How a uni dropout built a $25 million technology business from scratch
December 04, 2018 04:13 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBSeeby Woodhouse is currently the Founder and CEO of Voyager Internet, which topped Deloitte's Fast 50 in 2014, recording growth of almost 1,400%. He started Orcon Internet after failing his second year at Auckland University, which he built up over the next 10 years to the 4th largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in New Zealand, with no outside funding and no borrowing. During this period, Orcon was one of the fastest growing companies in New Zealand and won numerous awards, including NZ...
Craig Heatley [Smales]: From paper rounds to IPOs - The entrepreneur behind Rainbow’s End and Sky TV
December 02, 2018 18:21 - 49 minutes - 45.9 MBCraig Heatley is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, and the Founder of Rainbow Corporation and Sky Network Television. Born in Lower Hutt as the son of a public relations director and a former nurse, Craig started his money-making career aged 11 with a newspaper round. He founded New Zealand's largest leisure business, Rainbow Corporation, growing what was originally a mini-golf business into a $600 million company listed on the NZX. He would then go on to set up Sky Network Televi...
Sir Eion Edgar: The growth of Forsyth Barr - 300 people, 20 offices, and $4 billion under Management
December 02, 2018 18:15 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MBCurrently Chairman of Forsyth Barr, Sir Eion Edgar is a noted philanthropist and highly regarded NZ businessman. Eion was formerly Chancellor of the University of Otago, Chairman of the New Zealand Stock Exchange and President of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, and has held board roles at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Accident Compensation Commission and Royal & SunAlliance New Zealand Limited. Eion is currently Chairman of the Edgar Olympic Foundation, Queenstown Resort College ...
Theresa Gattung: First female CEO of telecom at just 37 years of age - Why becoming CEO isn't a lottery
November 30, 2018 06:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBThe first female CEO of a publicly listed company in New Zealand, Theresa Gattung CNZM became the CEO of Telecom, a $5 billion turnover, 3,700 employee corporate giant at just 37 years of age. Currently Co-Founder of My Food Bag, which is set to reach $100 million in revenue just three years after its founding. Theresa is one of New Zealand's best known business women. She's always had an interest in business - she made a goal for herself to be at the top of a major corporate company by 40 ...
Dame Julie Christie: $750K Mistakes - Why owning your IP is worthless and why you shouldn't start a business
November 29, 2018 17:12 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBDame Julie Christie is currently on the boards of TV3, New Zealand Story and Mediaworks, and is the Founder and former CEO of Touchdown Productions, which was acquired by Dutch media group Eyeworks in a multi-million dollar deal in 2006. Amongst New Zealand's most well-known media industry veterans, Dame Julie is the Producer behind numerous critically acclaimed shows, including Rachel Hunter: Cover Girl, This is Your Life, Changing Rooms, My House My Castle, Whose House Is It Anyway, DIY R...
Seth Sternberg: From $50 million messaging network to revolutionary home care company
November 28, 2018 21:55 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBSeth Sternberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Honor, the company working to re-invent in-home care for parents. Founded in 2014, Honor is the founder of the Honor Care Network, a pioneering national network of care providers. Working with "Care Network Partners", Honor helps older adults live safely and comfortably in their own home by enabling reliable, transparent, high-quality care. A serial entrepreneur, Seth founded web communications platform Meebo prior to starting Honor. Under his le...
Peter Cooper: From Kaitaia College To $350 Million Britomart Property Developer
November 28, 2018 00:05 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBPeter Cooper is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Cooper & Company. Through his businesses, he is responsible for the development of Britomart, The Landing in the Bay of Islands, and Southlake Town Square in Texas (an enormous shopping district ten times the size of St Lukes in Auckland). The Britomart Urban Restoration project was financially backed by Cooper & Company, which involved the refurbishment of 18 historic buildings Auckland's downtown waterfront, the largest single conserva...
Andrew Barnes: Mergers, acquisitions, IPOs and the future of work
November 27, 2018 03:04 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBAndrew Barnes is an innovator and entrepreneur, and the Founder and Chairman of Perpetual Guardian, New Zealand's leading statutory business. Created through the merger of two of New Zealand's oldest trustee companies, Perpetual Trust and Guardian Trust, Perpetual Guardian has over $140 billion in assets under their management. Early on in his career, Andrew identified the opportunity for the evolution of real estate in Australia, and is said to have "changed the course of history for onli...
Claudia Batten: Disruption, billion dollar opportunities and building a startup in the USA
November 26, 2018 16:32 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBCurrently Regional Director for North America for NZTE, Claudia Batten co-founded Massive, a first of its kind network for advertising in video games, which was later acquired by Microsoft in a deal reportedly worth up to US $400 million. After the sale of Massive, she co-founded pioneering advertising firm Victor & Spoils, the first in its field to work on a crowdfunding model. In recognition of her commitment to New Zealand and her achievements in tech, Claudia was the youngest ever recip...
Claudia Batten: From 3-person startup to $100 million exit to Microsoft
November 26, 2018 03:13 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBCurrently Regional Director for North America for NZTE, Claudia Batten co-founded Massive, a first of its kind network for advertising in video games, which was later acquired by Microsoft in a deal reportedly worth up to US $400 million. After the sale of Massive, she co-founded pioneering advertising firm Victor & Spoils, the first in its field to work on a crowdfunding model. In recognition of her commitment to New Zealand and her achievements in tech, Claudia was the youngest ever recip...
AJ Hacket [Live]: Global industry - turning an illegal thrill into a business empire
November 25, 2018 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBThe Kiwi who pioneered the adventure tourism activity of bungy jumping, AJ Hackett opened the world's first commercial bungy operation in Queenstown almost 30 years ago. Legendary for illegally bungy jumping off the Eiffel Tower in 1987, AJ is an extreme innovator who built a business empire on adrenaline and adventure. AJ Hackett International now has operations in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, France, Germany, USA, Mexico, and Russia, with new sites planned for Singapore, China and M...
Sir Stephen Tindall: How a $40,000 startup became a $3 billion behemoth - the rise of the warehouse
November 24, 2018 22:37 - 21 minutes - 20 MBSir Stephen Tindall (KNZM) is a Founder and Trustee of The Tindall Foundation, and the Founder of The Warehouse. Sir Stephen started his career at George Court & Sons, where he worked for 12 years before starting The Warehouse in 1982 with $40,000 in startup capital. In late 1994 it floated on the New Zealand Stock Exchange, where it currently has a market capitalization of $919 million (February 2016). At The Warehouse, Sir Stephen held the position of Managing Director until January 2001,...
The Honorable John Banks: From sleeping under Grafton bridge to two-time Mayor of Auckland City
November 23, 2018 15:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBThe Honourable John Banks is a politician, entrepreneur, businessman, restauranteur, property developer and broadcaster. He has held the roles of Member of Parliament for the National Party, Minister of Police, Leader of Act New Zealand, and the 38th Mayor of Auckland City. He is also credited with playing a significant role in the development of the Auckland restaurant scene. John had a tough childhood that involved going to bed hungry, wearing sugar sacks for clothes and seeing both of h...
Anna Curzon: Disruption, Innovation & The Future Of Business
November 22, 2018 03:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBAnna Curzon is the Chief Partner Officer at Xero, where she "spearheads product management, development, design, and marketing to bring more exciting Xero features to partners and customers." Prior to her current role, she was Managing Director of Xero New Zealand from February 2016 to February 2017. Other former roles include General Manager of Digital First at Spark, and an 18-year stint at ASB, where she worked in a variety of roles including auditing, finance, innovation and design, and...
Sir Ralph Norris: Secrets of a legendary CEO - leading transformation at 3 major corporations
November 22, 2018 00:55 - 56 minutes - 52 MBSir Ralph Norris is one of New Zealand's most highly respected businessmen, and currently the Chairman of Fletcher Building Limited and RANQX Holdings. He is also on the Board of SouthPark Corporation, the NZ Olympic Advisory Committee, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Advisory Board, The University of Auckland Council and is a trustee of Business Mentors New Zealand. He is well known for his time at Air New Zealand, ASB Bank and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (all three of where h...
Delane Parnell: Glimpse of the future - A look into the rapidly growing eSports industry
November 20, 2018 20:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBDelane Parnell is the 25-year-old Founder and CEO of PlayVS, the revolutionary eSports startup allowing high school students the chance to compete for a state championship. Raised in Detroit, a short walk from "Seven Mile Road," where gangs ran the streets and the local high school was equipped with metal detectors, Delane was brought up in challenging conditions. His father was murdered a few months before he was born, his brother's father died from sickle-cell anemia, and for the first de...
Murray Thom: The Great New Zealand Entrepreneur - From School Dropout To Global Success
November 19, 2018 04:30 - 33 minutes - 26.6 MBMurray Thom is the Founder of Thom Productions, recently named in "The Top 10 Entrepreneurs Of The Decade" by NZ Business magazine. After leaving school at 15 with no qualifications, Murray worked as a sales rep at CBS Records and by the age of just 23 had become the youngest Managing Director of a CBS in the world. He then went on to start Thom Music (now called Thom Productions), which has produced numerous globally-acclaimed pieces of work, including The Great New Zealand Songbook, The ...
Sir Michael Hill: Building A Global Business When The Odds Are Against You
November 19, 2018 02:37 - 40 minutes - 32.8 MBSir Michael Hill (KNZM) is the Founder President of Sir Michael Hill International Limited, a special position in recognition of his connection with the company for over 35 years. Prior to this, he led the company as Executive Chairman from 1987 until December 2015. Sir Michael Hill is one of New Zealand's most well-known stories of entrepreneurial spirit. After working at his uncle's jewelry store for 23 years (first as a salesman, and later as a store manager), his house burnt down, destr...
Samantha Gadd: How To Design A World-Class, High-Performance Workplace
November 17, 2018 23:00 - 34 minutes - 27.4 MBSamantha Gadd is the Founder and Managing Director of Humankind, which was named as the 35th fastest-growing company in New Zealand in 2015 in the Deloitte Fast 50. Humankind aims to help New Zealand build the best workplaces in the world with a focus on people and culture, performance and development, organizational design, change management, and recruitment. Originally in the HR department of organizations such as Bell Gully, Duxton Hotels and Nicholas Jermyn, Sam made a short foray into...
Ranjna Patel: 40 Years In The Making - The Origins of Nirvana Healthcare Group
November 17, 2018 15:40 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBRanjna Patel is the Co-Founder of Nirvana Healthcare Group (formerly called East Tamaki Healthcare), which today serves over 4,000 patients on any given day across 35 clinics, and employs 1,080 staff (with over 300 doctors). Ranjna has been awarded numerous accolades, including: - Supreme winner of Westpac South Business award, 2011 - Best Businesswoman of the Year in Indian Business award, 2011 - EY Entrepreneur of Year Finalist, 2016 - Inducted into the New Zealand Hall for Women Entrepre...
Simon Mundell [Live]: Execution In The Age Of Change
November 16, 2018 23:59 - 36 minutes - 29 MBSimon Mundell is an internationally renowned business expert, with a talent for transforming struggling businesses into profitable enterprises. He has presented to tens of thousands of business leaders throughout the world and is one of the highest rated speakers globally for the world-renowned Entrepreneurs Organisation. Simon also delivers workshops on Strategy and Execution at the prestigious Entrepreneurial Masters Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is also ...
Jane Hastings [Live]: Why You Cannot Avoid Innovation And Disruption To Grow
November 16, 2018 21:00 - 29 minutes - 22.1 MBCurrently the Chief Operating Officer for Event Hospitality and Entertainment in Sydney, Jane Hastings is a highly experienced media executive with experience in Asia and Australasia. Jane was previously the Chief Executive Officer of NZME, where she lead the transformation and integration of the business (which owns the NZ Herald, NewstalkZB, GrabOne, ZM, and The Hits, amongst others). Watch Jane’s interview on #Unfiltered: www.unfiltered.tv/public/jane-hastings-live
Seeby Woodhouse [Live]:Building A $25 Million Technology Business From 0
November 16, 2018 20:00 - 36 minutes - 29.5 MBSeeby Woodhouse is currently the Founder and CEO of Voyager Internet, which topped Deloitte's Fast 50 in 2014, recording growth of almost 1,400%. He started Orcon Internet after failing his second year at Auckland University, which he built up over the next 10 years to the 4th largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in New Zealand, with no outside funding and no borrowing. During this period, Orcon was one of the fastest growing companies in New Zealand and won numerous awards, including NZ...
Sir Richard Branson: From School Dropout To Global Business Phenomenon - The Legendary Story Of Sir Richard Branson
November 15, 2018 23:00 - 40 minutes - 73.6 MBSir Richard Branson is known worldwide as the classic story of the self-made, entrepreneur: after dropping out of school at 16 years old, he started his first business venture, a magazine called Student. A few years later he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores, and from there the legendary story began. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he set up Virgin Atlantic and expanded the Virgin Records music label. He is now one of ...
Chris Liddell: How An Engineering Graduate Became The Global CFO of Microsoft
November 15, 2018 20:13 - 46 minutes - 84.5 MBUntil recently the Chief Financial Officer of WME/IMG, Chris Liddell was appointed to White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Coordination in the Trump Administration in March 2018. Chris is amongst New Zealand's most accomplished businesspeople on the international stage, with some of his former roles including: -Senior Vice President and CFO of Microsoft worldwide (2005 - 2009), where he was responsible for "leading Microsoft Corp.'s worldwide finance organization and overseeing acc...
Jake Millar:: The Story So Far
November 14, 2018 19:30 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBJake Millar is the 21-year-old Co-Founder, CEO and interviewer of Unfiltered. After graduating from Christchurch Boys' High School where he was Head Boy, Jake turned down a $40,000 law scholarship and decided to start his own company after being inspired by Richard Branson's autobiography, "Losing My Virginity". He started his first company OOMPHER as an 18-year-old before selling it to the NZ Government one year later. Jake then weighed up several options, before deciding to launch Unfilt...
Sir Owen Glenn:From India To The Rich List - Turning $2,000 Into A $500 Million Business
November 14, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBSir Owen Glenn is the Founder of OTS Logistics Group, which he sold for nearly $500 million in 2012 after starting in 1978 with just $2,000. A keen investor, Sir Owen has had many business ventures and was at one point a 50% owner of The New Zealand Warriors. He is also renowned for his philanthropic work, so far having given away nearly $80 million across multiple industries, such as sport, education and medicine, and in February 2017 announced a $5 million pledge towards the creation of a...
Eric Watson: From Butcher's Apprentice On $33/Week To 28th Richest Person In New Zealand
November 14, 2018 13:08 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBEric Watson is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Cullen Investments, an international private investment company, with a net worth estimated by the NBR to be at $420 million. Cullen Investments has interests in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, in industries including real estate, oil and gas, farming, financial services, fashion retail, sports and entertainment. Eric is currently the 100% owner of the Vodafone Warriors, and also holds a significant stake in ...
Josh Emett: From Waikato Farm Boy To World Class Michelin-Star Chef
November 13, 2018 17:08 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBJosh Emett is the former Head Chef for Gordon Ramsay, Masterchef NZ judge, and a Michelin-star chef recognized as one of the best chefs in the world. Originally from Ngahinapouri, a small town outside Hamilton in the Waikato region, Josh's journey has taken him from the family farm to Gordon Ramsay's top restaurants in New York and Melbourne, back to New Zealand where he has opened Rata in Queenstown, Madam Woo across the country, and has overseen the creation of Ostro in Auckland. Josh ha...
Naomi Ballantyne: How A University Dropout Started Two Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Businesses
November 13, 2018 14:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBNaomi Ballantyne is the Founder and Managing Director of Partners Life, the second insurance company she has founded (the other being Club Life, which she sold to ING in 2003). Founded in 2010, Partners Life now has 170 full-time staff, insured 130,000 lives, has $190 million in annual premiums, and has raised a total of $315 million in equity (including $200 million from multinational private equity firm Blackstone). Naomi has 34 years of experience in the New Zealand life insurance indust...