List of New Zealand businesspeople

The following is a list of notable businesspeople from New Zealand.

A

 * Margaret Alcorn (1868–1967), interior designer and design store owner
 * Mary Alcorn (1866–1928), interior designer and design store owner
 * Sophia Anstice (1849–1926), dressmaker and draper
 * Sir Ray Avery (born 1947), pharmaceutical scientist

B

 * Norah Barlow (born 1957), former chief executive of Summerset Group
 * Samuel Brown (1845–1909), Mayor of Wellington and merchant
 * Alfred Buckland (1825–1903), auctioneer, farmer, businessman and landowner

C

 * Sir John Logan Campbell (1817–1912), merchant, local politician, businessman, philanthropist, the Father of Auckland
 * George Thomson Chapman (1824–1881), merchant, bookseller and publisher
 * Percy Roderick Coleman (1897–1965), founder of Coleman motorcycle importing and distribution company
 * Dame Trelise Cooper, fashion designer

D

 * Thomas Wong Doo (1903–1963), merchant, interpreter, community leader
 * Peri Drysdale (born 1953), founder of Untouched World and Snowy Peak clothing companies
 * Rod Drury (born 1966), businessman

E

 * Alfred Eady (1891–1965), music retailer, company director, benefactor

F

 * Sir Michael Fay (born 1949), merchant banker
 * Josiah Firth (1826–1897), flourmiller, politician, pastoralist, entrepreneur
 * Ted Firth (1905–1978), manufacturer, aviator, military leader; co-founder of Firth Concrete
 * Tony Firth (1907–1980), manufacturer, aviator, military leader; co-founder of Firth Concrete
 * Gregory Fortuin, businessman and Race Relations Conciliator (2001–2002)

G

 * Theresa Gattung, former chief executive of Telecom New Zealand (1993–2007)
 * Elizabeth George (c.1814–1902), hotel owner

H

 * Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet (1906–2009), chief executive of Bing, Harris & Co.
 * Graeme Hart (born 1955), New Zealand's richest businessman
 * Murray Haszard (born 1954), entrepreneur and businessman
 * Joseph Hatch (1837–1928), Invercargill businessman, "harvester" of penguins
 * Keith Hay (1917–1997), builder, businessman, local politician, morals campaigner
 * Harriet Heron (c.1836–1933), hotel owner
 * Michael Hill (born 1938), jeweller, businessman, golfer
 * Dame Bronwen Holdsworth (born 1942), co-founder of Pultron Composites
 * Dick Hubbard (born 1946), founder of Hubbards Foods and Mayor of Auckland (2004–2007)
 * Christopher Peter Huljich (born 1950), entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Michael Huljich (born 1957), entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Paul Huljich (born 1952), author, entrepreneur and philanthropist

I

 * Mary Jane Innes (1852–1941), brewery owner

J

 * Sir Robert Jones, property tycoon, founder of New Zealand Party

K

 * Henry Kelliher (1896–1991), businessman, publisher, art patron, credit reformer

L

 * Johannes La Grouw (1913–2011), OBE and Business Hall of Fame, entrepreneur, philanthropist, co-founder of a revolutionary construction system (Lockwood)
 * Robert Laidlaw (1885–1971), retailer, founder of FTC, the Farmers Trading Company
 * Thomson Leys (1850–1924), journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, philanthropist
 * Sir John Luke (1858–1931), businessman, politician

M

 * William Betts Mason (1865–1912), founder of W.B. Mason, born in New Zealand and emigrated to the US
 * Flora MacKenzie (1902–1982), brothel owner and dressmaker
 * Sir Roy McKenzie (1922–2007), retailer, philanthropist
 * Sir James Mills (1847–1936), founder of the Union Company
 * Jeremy Moon, businessman; founder of Icebreaker clothing
 * Sam Morgan (born 1975), businessman; founder of Trade Me, an Internet-auction website
 * Nick Mowbray, businessman; co-founder of ZURU, a toy manufacturer
 * Simon Moutter, engineer, businessman
 * Sir Arthur Myers (1867–1926), businessman, politician, philanthropist
 * Douglas Myers (1938–2017), businessman, brewer

N

 * Joseph Nathan (1835–1912), manufacturer, founded Joseph Nathan & Co. and Glaxo
 * Sir Charles Norwood (1871–1966), businessman, philanthropist

P

 * John Plimmer (1812–1905), businessman, has been called the "Father of Wellington"

R

 * Thomas Russell (c. 1830–1904), lawyer, businessman, politician, financier, land speculator

S

 * Marianne Smith (1851–1938), businesswoman, founder of Smith & Caughey's, community worker, philanthropist
 * Sir Dryden Spring (born 1939), businessman

T

 * Sir Angus Tait (1919–2007), businessman and electronics innovator
 * Stephen Tindall (born 1951), retailer, founder of The Warehouse Group, a New Zealand department-store chain
 * Matthew Tukaki (born 1974), businessman, ex-Officio Director of the United Nations Global Compact, CEO of the Sustain Group, a global social investment business

V

 * Edward Earle Vaile (1869–1956), real estate agent, farmer, philanthropist

W

 * Sir James Wallace (born 1937), businessman and arts patron
 * Eric Watson (born 1959), businessman
 * James Williamson (1814–1888), merchant, landowner, financier, speculator

Y

 * Jack Yan (born 1972), publisher, designer and businessman