On the Money: Tesla co-founder down under, NZX, Victoria Harris, Ian Taylor

On the Money: Tesla co-founder down under, NZX, Victoria Harris, Ian Taylor
Victoria Harris models for Partridge Jewellers. (Photo: Instagram)
Victoria Young
Welcome to On the Money, our weekly column on money and the people making it. The Wright move Dargaville-born serial entrepreneur and Tesla co-founder – yes, really – Ian Wright has changed gears a few times in his life.The engineer moved to Silicon Valley in 1993 to build networks for Cisco, and is a resident of San Francisco.However, On the Money has learned he has recently bought a home in Kerikeri. Rumour has it the property was purchased sight unseen while borders were closed and his family has joined him in Nort...

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