Best of BusinessDesk: My Net Worth part 1

Brooke van Velden has tertiary qualifications in international trade and economics. (Image: Guy Quartermain)

Sun, 28 Dec 2025

"Mum taught us about spending and saving. Her formula was that you had to spend half and save half. So, from age 10, I did that. "I took real pride in earning my own money and got a lot of personal satisfaction in taking the cash to deposit into my ASB Bank account."– Vittoria Shortt, ASB CEORead her MNW here. Vittoria Shortt, ASB CEO. (Image: Supplied)"Fletcher Construction was defining for me. In 2018, people said, ‘Why would you go there?" "I remember [chairman] Sir Ralph Norris...

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