Ron Brierley

Ron Brierley
Born
Ronald Alfred Brierley

(1937-08-02) 2 August 1937 (age 87)
Wellington, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Occupation(s)Chairman and director of several companies
Known forInvesting
Corporate raiding
Possessing child sexual abuse material

Ronald Alfred Brierley (born 2 August 1937) is a New Zealand investor and corporate raider, chairman and director of a number of companies in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.[1]

He founded R.A. Brierley Investments Ltd (BIL; renamed GuocoLeisure from October 2007[2]) in March 1961 with no capital. By 1984 BIL was the largest company in New Zealand by market capitalization, and in 1987 had 160,000 shareholders, with a stake in over 300 companies, including Paris department store Galleries Lafayette and Air New Zealand.[3][4]

In April 2021, Brierley pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing child abuse material and resigned his 1988 knighthood after the government had initiated the process of having it removed.

  1. ^ "Insider Profiles – Ronald Brierley". Yahoo! Finance Australia & NZ. Archived from the original on 15 February 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
  2. ^ "GuocoLeisure Limited – Company Profile Snapshot". Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  3. ^ Dann, Liam (31 October 2007). "Name change severs link with Sir Ron". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
  4. ^ "Brierley Chief Plans to Retire". New York Times. 28 August 1989. Retrieved 21 November 2007.