Английская Википедия:Chloe Wright
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Chloe Angela Carol Wright[1] Шаблон:Post-nominals (Шаблон:Birth date based on age at death – 23 September 2023) was a New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist. Along with her husband Wayne, she co-founded BestStart in 1996, the largest early-childhood education franchise in New Zealand.[2]
Early life and family
Wright grew up in a state house in Lower Hutt. Her father worked for the post office, and her mother was a stay-at-home mum.[3]
Wright married Wayne Wright at a self-declared "very young" age, and the couple had five children.[4]
Career
In 1975, Wright and her husband started a kiwifruit orchard in Te Puna, and later formed kiwifruit orchard syndicates until a tax deductability change was made by the government in 1982. Also in 1982, they built their home in Ōmokoroa. They started a crib-wall manufacturing business in Escondido, California, in 1978. After they had issues with their kiwifruit production, they sold their New Zealand assets and moved to Austin, Texas; Wright went on to graduate from the University of Texas. They soon were able to expand their crib-wall business to Mexico. In 1990, they started a telecommunications company in Mobile, Alabama.[4]
Wright and her husband founded BestStart in 1996, then known as KidiCorp. It is New Zealand's largest early-childhood education franchise.[2] It has 260 centres and receives $200 million of government funding annually.[3]
In 2022, the Wright family acquired 75% of Sean Plunket's radio station The Platform.[2] They had a portfolio of more than 75 properties in 2022.[3] In 2022, the Wrights appeared on the NBR Rich List, a list of the richest families and people in New Zealand, with a reported net worth at $360 million.[5]
Wright started a lobby group named Mother's Matter.[3] She was chief executive and trustee of the Wright Family Foundation and funded various organisations.[3] She also started four birthing centres where low-risk women can stay for free. Wright believed that this should be taxpayer-funded.[3] The Tauranga centre, known as the Bethlehem Birthing Centre, was opened by former prime minister John Key. There were 431 births and 803 postnatal stays at this centre in 2021.[3]
In the 2021 New Year Honours, Wright was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to philanthropy, education and health.[6]
Death
Wright died on 23 September 2023, at the age of 75.[2][7]
References
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- Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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