Sir Douglas Myers

Sir Douglas Myers, the long-serving CEO of Lion Breweries, a business advocate, and philanthropist, has died. He died in a London hospital Friday, aged 78, after a long fight with cancer. He was the long-time CEO of Lion Breweries and Lion Nathan and was one of the richest people in New Zealand. In his role as vice-chairman of the Business Roundtable in the 1980s, he also had a crucial role in shaping economic discourse.

His wife Barbara and daughters Jessica, Laura, and Campbell survive him. Sir Douglas moved to London four years after selling his Lion ownership to Japanese brewer Kirin in 1998, while continuing to spend time on the family farm in Matauri Bay, Northland. In 1991, he received a CBE for services to corporate management, and in 2010, he was knighted. With a net worth of $930 million, Sir Douglas was rated tenth on the NBR Rich List for 2021.

Net worth: $1.3 Billion