词条 | Stephen Tindall |
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Sir Stephen Robert Tindall {{post-nominals|country=NZL|GNZM}} (born May 1951) is the founder of New Zealand retailer The Warehouse, and of the Tindall Foundation. He attended Takapuna Grammar and has a Diploma of Management from the Auckland Institute of Technology.[1] Business lifeTindall founded The Warehouse in 1982 after 12 years with retailer George Court & Sons as Merchandise Director and Farmers retailer. He held the position of Loss Prevention Manager of The Warehouse until January 2001, when he became known as the Founder. In 2009 the Warehouse Group had 86 retail stores in New Zealand with sales of NZ$1.72 billion.[2] In 1998, he was named the Deloitte–New Zealand Management magazine Executive of the Year.{{cn|date=July 2017}} Public lifeIn 1995 he and his wife, Margaret, set up the Tindall Foundation to provide help to New Zealanders in need.{{cn|date=July 2017}} The New Zealand Herald named him Business Person of the Year for 1997; the year he became an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Two universities – AUT and Massey, bestowed honorary doctorates on him in subsequent years.{{cn|date=July 2017}} In 2006, he was awarded the Blake Medal on behalf of the Sir Peter Blake Trust in recognition of his leadership contributions to New Zealand.{{cn|date=July 2017}} In 2007, Tindall was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of services to business and the community in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.[3] In 2015 he was named Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year.[4] He was elevated to a Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (GNZM) in the New Years Honours List for 2019.[5] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nzlistener.co.nz/issue/3515/features/9638/the_people_who_shape_our_world,5.html|title=The people who shape our world|author1=Macfie, Rebecca|author2=Welch, Denis|lastauthoramp=yes|date= 22–28 September 2007|work=The Listener|pages=Vol 210 No 3515|accessdate=22 October 2008|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015053812/http://www.nzlistener.co.nz/issue/3515/features/9638/the_people_who_shape_our_world,5.html|archivedate=15 October 2008|df=}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/red/menucontent/homepage/about-us|title=Business Profile|work=The Warehouse|accessdate=18 February 2010}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=37|title=The Queen's Birthday Honours 2007|date=4 June 2007|publisher=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621232004/http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=37|archivedate=21 June 2011|df=}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/66653544/stephen-tindall-chosen-as-kiwibanks-nzer-of-the-year|title=Stephen Tindall chosen as Kiwibank's NZer of the Year|website=stuff.co.nz}} 5. ^https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2019 External links{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Tindall, Stephen}} 8 : 1951 births|Living people|Auckland University of Technology alumni|New Zealand businesspeople|New Zealand chief executives|Knights Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit|People educated at Rangitoto College|Businesspeople awarded knighthoods |
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