My Net Worth: Simon Tong, CEO, Craigs Investment Partners

My Net Worth: Simon Tong, CEO, Craigs Investment Partners
Simon Tong admits to suffering from an addiction – to vinyl records. (Image: Craigs Investment Partners)
Victoria Young
Simon Tong has had a varied corporate career including senior leadership roles at Compaq, Fairfax, Paymark and ASB. I grew up out in the sticks, back in Hamilton, on a farm with my two brothers. And we had a great upbringing out there.I went to St John's College, I had a terrible score. In fact, my kids found my school reports recently, and they're just dreadful. Even I was surprised how bad they were. So yeah, I wasn't great at school. I wasn't focused.Those first few years, all I wanted to do was make enough money to have...

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