Gareth Morgan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gareth Morgan
Occupation	Economist
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1953(1953-02-17)
Age	71
Birthplace	Putaruru
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Putaruru
Horoscope	Aquarius

Gareth Morgan Biography

Gareth Morgan is one of the most popular and richest Economist who was born on February 17, 1953 in Putaruru, Putaruru, New Zealand. Gareth Huw Morgan (born 17 February 1953) is a New Zealand businessman, economist, investment manager, philanthropist, public commentator and former political figure.

In 1984, he and business partner Andrew Gawith launched a twice weekly horse racing form guide, Bettor Informed, based on econometric modelling of all 7,500 gallopers on the New Zealand scene. The publication sought to identify the fair dividend for each horse and to instruct its readers when the odds being paid at the tote were a good return compared to the horse’s actual chances of winning in that field. This publication was later sold to Independent Newspapers Limited, the owners of competing titles Best Bets and Turf Digest.

Since 2006 Gareth and Joanne have supported the work of a number of New Zealanders involved in significant foreign aid around the world. They include:

Morgan and his wife Joanne were early investors in Trade Me, founded by his son Sam Morgan. They were paid NZ$50m for their shares when Fairfax Media bought Trade Me in 2006.

Morgan worked for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in the early 1980s, before founding economics forecasting company Infometrics Limited in 1983. That company became one of New Zealand’s largest independent economics consultancy and forecasting businesses and for 18 years while under Morgan’s leadership (until the end of the 1990s) maintained a regular national circuit of business and public speaking engagements focussed on raising the economics literacy of businesspeople and householders.

Gareth Morgan Net Worth

Gareth Morgan is one of the richest Economist from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gareth Morgan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Morgan was born in Putaruru, New Zealand to Welsh migrants Roderic and Mary Morgan. He was the second of five children and the first to be born in New Zealand. From 1958 to 1970, Morgan attended school in Putaruru at Oraka Heights Primary and Putaruru High. He then attended Massey University for four years gaining a BA (Hons) in Economics. In 1982, he graduated from Victoria University with a PhD in economics.

He married Joanne Baird from Invercargill in 1975. They have four children: two daughters and two sons.

In 2000, Morgan established Gareth Morgan Investments, a personal investment portfolio management service. When the New Zealand Government initiated KiwiSaver in 2007, Gareth Morgan KiwiSaver Limited launched the Gareth Morgan KiwiSaver Scheme.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Gareth Morgan Dating?

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In 2016 Gareth Morgan launched his own political party, The Opportunities Party (TOP), to contest the 2017 New Zealand general election.

Facts & Trivia

Gareth Ranked on the list of most popular Economist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Gareth Morgan celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.

On 9 July 2018, Morgan announced that the board of The Opportunities Party had decided to dissolve the party since they concluded that it lacked the time and resources needed to contest the 2020 general election. In late July 2018, Morgan announced that the party’s board was reconsidering their decision to dissolve the party after receiving expressions of interests from sympathetic individuals. He also indicated he was willing to bankroll a “credible successor” provided they remained true to the TOP’s manifesto.

What did Gareth Morgan do?

2013 – Morgan gained international attention for his call for New Zealand’s domestic cat population to be eradicated, or rather not replaced when they die, as a means of protecting the country’s wildlife. Although the scientific basis for this possible action is disputed, some conservationists were sympathetic.

How did Gareth Morgan make his money?

Morgan, an economist and philanthropist, made his fortune in economic forecasting, investment and banking. While his net worth is not known, he famously made $47 million from his $75,000 stake in his son Sam’s company Trade Me when it sold to Fairfax.

What are Morgan's metaphors?

In his book, Images of Organization, Gareth Morgan lays out eight metaphors for an organization: machines, organisms, brains, cultural systems, political systems, psychic prisons, instruments of domination, and flux and transformation.

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