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Graeme Hart

Net worth $9.8B

Packaging · New Zealand

Born
Jun 06, 1955
Age
70
Source
Packaging
Residence
Auckland
Citizenship
New Zealand
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • New Zealand's perennial richest person, Graeme Hart amassed a packaging empire using leveraged buyouts.
  • Hart's holdings make everyday products like milk cartons, water bottles, paper and aluminum foil.
  • In April 2025 he sold his 77 percent stake in publicly-listed packaging company, Pactiv Evergreen, to North Carolina-based packaging major, Novolex, for $2.5 billion.
  • In 2023, he took delivery of a 102-meter superyacht fitted out with a hangar, helipad and glass stairways, among much else.
  • Hart dropped out of school at age 16 and reportedly once worked as a truck driver.

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