Ron Brierley
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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]
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Born | Ronald Alfred Brierley (1937-08-02) 2 August 1937 (age 86) Wellington, New Zealand |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Occupation(s) | Chairman and director of several companies |
Known for | Investing Corporate raiding Possessing child sexual abuse material |
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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In April 2021, Brierley pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing child abuse material and rescinded his 1988 knighthood after the government had initiated the process of having it removed.