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==Business== |
==Business== |
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The Huljich brothers founded a food manufacturing business (specialising in [[small goods]]) which grew into the Best Corporation and held wide assets in Australia.<ref name="Eldred-Grigg">Stevan Eldred-Grigg, ''The Rich: A New Zealand History'', Penguin Books, Auckland, 1996, pp. 216 and 217</ref> In the late 1990s the three brothers sold Best Corporation to French food company [[Groupe Danone]] and also sold valuable Australian assets.<ref>Fiona Rotherham, ''Huljichs' Sydney bail-out signals return to bacon makin' ", ''The Independent'', 16 December 1998, Page 1.</ref> |
The Huljich brothers founded a food manufacturing business (specialising in [[small goods]]) which grew into the Best Corporation and held wide assets in Australia.<ref name="Eldred-Grigg">Stevan Eldred-Grigg, ''The Rich: A New Zealand History'', Penguin Books, Auckland, 1996, pp. 216 and 217</ref> In the late 1990s the three brothers sold Best Corporation to French food company [[Groupe Danone]] and also sold valuable Australian assets.<ref>Fiona Rotherham, ''Huljichs' Sydney bail-out signals return to bacon makin' ", ''The Independent'', 16 December 1998, Page 1.</ref> |
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==Wealth== |
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In the late 1990s, Paul Hljich completed a modernist mansion of three floors in Auckland called "Wentworth". This included garaging for eight cars, an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, a rifle range and a cinema. The house cost almost $20 million and was "perhaps the most expensive house built in New Zealand during the late twentieth century". <ref name="Eldred-Grigg"/> In 2010 the Huljich family is reported to be worth about $125 million. <ref name="Huljich_resigns">Nick Churchouse, "Huljich steps down over KiwiSaver irregularities", ''The Dominion Post'', 05 March 2010, Edition 2, Page 1.</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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Revision as of 08:34, 16 July 2010
The Huljich brothers: (Chris Huljich (Christopher Peter) (b. 1950), Paul Huljich (Paul Richard Huljich)(b. 1953) and Michael Huljich (b. 1957) are Auckland manufacturers, merchants, entrepreneurs, rentiers and philanthropists.
Background
The Huljich brothers, sons of an Auckland restaurant proprietor turned urban developer, grew up in Auckland and were educated at St Peter's College.
Business
The Huljich brothers founded a food manufacturing business (specialising in small goods) which grew into the Best Corporation and held wide assets in Australia.[1] In the late 1990s the three brothers sold Best Corporation to French food company Groupe Danone and also sold valuable Australian assets.[2]
Wealth
In the late 1990s, Paul Hljich completed a modernist mansion of three floors in Auckland called "Wentworth". This included garaging for eight cars, an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, a rifle range and a cinema. The house cost almost $20 million and was "perhaps the most expensive house built in New Zealand during the late twentieth century". [1] In 2010 the Huljich family is reported to be worth about $125 million. [3]
Notes
- ^ a b Stevan Eldred-Grigg, The Rich: A New Zealand History, Penguin Books, Auckland, 1996, pp. 216 and 217
- ^ Fiona Rotherham, Huljichs' Sydney bail-out signals return to bacon makin' ", The Independent, 16 December 1998, Page 1.
- ^ Nick Churchouse, "Huljich steps down over KiwiSaver irregularities", The Dominion Post, 05 March 2010, Edition 2, Page 1.