The Fab Four

Rob Morrison

He recently joined Kiwibank Limited Board as an independent director. Mr Morrison, now based in Wellington, holds a commerce degree from Canterbury University. He joined Hong Kong-based brokerage, investment banking and private equity group CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets  in 1999. He was appointed its CEO in 2002, and in 2009 he retired stating he wants to spend more time with his family and "coaching my son's rugby team". He has three children. Before joining CLSA, Mr Morrison was an executive vice president and head of equities at Bankers Trust Australia and CEO of Bankers Trust New Zealand.

Lloyd Morrison (Rob�s brother)

Born 18 September 1957, he is a Wellington based investment banker and entrepreneur. He founded H.R.L. Morrison & Co in 1988, and Morrison & Co launched the infrastructure company Infratil in 1994.

He was named New Zealand Executive of the Year by Deloitte/Management magazine in 2007. He was also named "Business Leader of the Year" by the New Zealand Herald in 2006. In 2007 he was ranked 12th on the New Zealand Listener Power List. He was made a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business in the New Year Honours.

Morrison is an active supporter of the arts in New Zealand.  He is a former trustee of the Chamber Music NZ Foundation and a former director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He has been active in several high profile public campaigns. He launched a campaign to change the Flag of New Zealand in 2003. In January 2009, Lloyd Morrison was diagnosed with leukemia and took a leave of absence from his various business roles to undergo treatment. He is the Wellingtonian of the Year.

NBR Rich List 2011 $100 million =46th

Dr Gareth Morgan

CEO of Gareth Morgan Investments portfolio manager, and a director of economics consultancy Informetrics Ltd which he founded in 1982. Gareth worked for the RBNZ in the early 1980s before founding Infometrics Limited, a private economic forecasting and consulting business, in 1983. The company has developed into one of New Zealand's leading independent economics businesses. In 2000, Gareth established Gareth Morgan Investments Limited, a personal portfolio investment business, which has grown to be one of the biggest private businesses of its type in NZ. He is a director of Infometrics Limited, and was a director of Trade Me Limited until it was sold in 2006. The father of the founder of Trade Me (Sam Morgan) said he planned to give his entire $47 million share of the auction website's sale to charity. He is also a well-known columnist.

Sam Morgan

Trade Me, the company he founded in 1999, was sold seven years later for $720 million. Since then, Morgan has not just been sitting on his $227 million share of the proceeds. Instead he has joined the band of Kiwi wealth creators who plough their money back into promising start-ups. A keen philanthropist, he founded Jasmine Social Investments after selling TradeMe and currently supports 16 organisations � many of which are dedicated to improving the lot of those living in the developing world.

 Born in 1975 and now a married father of two, Morgan runs his business and philanthropic interests from a home base near Nelson.

NBR Rich List 2011 $305million =21st

very droll TX