Gareth Morgan comes in valued at 70 million dollars. Gareth built up his wealth through various tenures including a tenure as an economist, where he holds a Ph.D. in economics at Victoria University, and ran an economics consultancy and forecasting business, along with running Gareth Morgan investments, the morgan family foundation, capitalised on his son Sam’s endeavors at Trade Me who comes in later on our list, and is the founder of the political party TOP.