Graeme Hart
$10.03B
$6.7M (0.1%)
as of 06/13/26
About Graeme Hart
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.
Personal stats
Citizenship
New ZealandSource of wealth
PackagingResidence
Auckland, New ZealandMarital status
MarriedBirth date
06/06/55 (age 71)Number of children
2Self-made
self-madeGraeme Hart’s fortune is worth
167K
troy ounces of gold
154K
median U.S. household
100K
median U.S. income
0.201%
U.S. credit card volume
0.04%
GDP of the United States
0.029%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Hart dropped out of school at age 16 and reportedly once worked as a truck driver.
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Financial assets
NASDAQ | PTVE-US
Pactiv EvergreenNASDAQ | REYN-US
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