Alan Gibbs

Alan Gibbs

Alan Gibbs (born 1939) is a New Zealand businessman, entrepreneur, and art patron; and one of New Zealand's wealthiest residents. "National Business Review" magazine estimates his wealth at $450 million.

Career

He studied engineering and economics at Canterbury University, served in New Zealand’s diplomatic corps during the 1960s.

His business ventures began in the 1960s when he began importing domestic electrical appliances, and attempted to launch the first New Zealand produced motorcar; the Anziel Nova.

By the 1970s he owned Auckland's largest car yard, Tappenden Motors. In the 1980s he ran a merchant bank, led the privatization and restructuring of Telecom New Zealand, and the country’s government-owned forestry sector, and in the 1990s he helped set-up Sky TV.

He is well known in New Zealand for his support of ACT New Zealand, a small libertarian political party, and abroad for his role in developing the Aquada. He is also one of the nation's leading art patrons, and has been establishing a sprawling 1,000-acre private art park [cite web|url=http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/articles/2008/02/oursler|title=Darkness Visible|publisher=Men's Vogue] at "The Farm", his Kaukapakapa country house.

References

External links

*cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/410940/823882|title=Sunday Extras: Alan Gibbs feature|publisher=Television New Zealand


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