$9.6B
+$23M
(+0.2%)

NZ
· Age 70
Source of wealth: Packaging
Industry: finance-investments
Residence: Auckland, NZ
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"bio": [
"New Zealand's perennial richest person, Graeme Hart amassed a packaging empire using leveraged buyouts.",
"Hart's holdings make everyday products like milk cartons, water bottles, paper and aluminum foil.",
"In April 2025 he sold his 77 percent stake in publicly-listed packaging company, Pactiv Evergreen, to North Carolina-based packaging major, Novolex, for $2.5 billion.",
"In 2023, he took delivery of a 102-meter superyacht fitted out with a hangar, helipad and glass stairways, among much else."
],
"about": [
"Hart dropped out of school at age 16 and reportedly once worked as a truck driver."
]
}