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.
In 2026, the wealth of the New Zealanders on the NBR Rich List has grown to $129 billion. +NBR Rich List 2026RankNameIndustryValueKnown For1Mat and Nick MowbrayManufacturing$20 billionZURU2Graeme HartInvestment$14.1 billionRank Group3Sir Peter BeckTech & Services$11 billionRocket Lab4Goodman familyProperty$5.5 billionGoodman Group5Todd familyInvestment$3.5 billionTodd Corporation6Sir Peter Jackson and Dame Fran WalshTech & Services$2.6 billionThe Lord of the Rings7Sir Michael FriedlanderProperty$2.1 billionSamson Corporation8Rod DruryTech & Services$1.8 billionXero9Talley familyAgribusiness$1.75 billionTalley's Group10Peter CooperProperty$1.7 billionCooper and Company - Britomart Precinct +NBR Rich List 2025RankNameIndustryValueKnown for1Mat and Nick MowbrayManufacturing$20 billionZURU2Graeme HartInvestment$12.1 billionRank Group3Goodman familyProperty$5 billionGoodman Group4Todd familyInvestment$3.5 billionTodd Corporation5Sir Peter Jackson and Dame Fran WalshTech & Services$2.6 billionThe Lord of the Rings6Rod DruryTech & Services$2.1 billionXero7Sir Michael FriedlanderProperty$2 billionSamson Corporation8Fukutake familyInvestment$1.6 billionStill Group9Talley familyAgribusiness$1.6 billionTalley's Group10Peter CooperProperty$1.6 billionCooper and Company - Britomart Precinct11Bruce PlestedTech & Services$1.3 billionMainfreight12Mark StewartManufacturing$1.3 billionPDL, Mastheads Ltd 13Masfen familyInvestment$1.2 billionGreymouth Petroleum14Trevor FarmerProperty$1.2 billionDaily Freight15Anne and David NormanManufacturing$1.1 billionJames Pascoe Group16Manson familyProperty$1.1 billionMansons TCLM17Guy HaddletonTech & Services$1 billionAdaytum, Anaplan18Berridge SpencerInvestment$1 billionCaxton Pulp and Paper, Purex Toilet Tissue19Gibbs familyInvestment$900 millionGibbs Farm20Green familyProperty$880 millionHugh Green Group +Previous NBR Rich List Top 10Name2026 Rank2025 Rank2024 Rank2023 Rank2022 Rank2021 RankMowbray111444Hart222111Beck3Goodman434333Todd543222Jackson65556Friedlander776655Drury8610996Talley997777Cooper101098Fukutake88Plested111089Jones108Delegat10
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 279th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$12.3 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 2026: + List of wealthiest New Zealanders (Forbes, 2026) World rank Name Net worth () Source of wealth323 $10.2 billion Investments1,251 $3.4 billion Spacecraft1,406 $3 billion Investments2,177 $1.9 billion Movies, digital effects
See also List of countries by the number of billionaires
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