My Net Worth: Ilse Wolfe, director and property investor

My Net Worth: Ilse Wolfe, director and property investor
When Ilse Wolfe bought her first house at age 22, her dad freaked out. (Image: Supplied)
Ella Somers
Ilse Wolfe started investing in property at the age of 22. While a director of New Zealand-wide property investment firm Opes Accelerate, she devised the Accelerate coaching programme, which she recently bought out in its entirety and rebranded as Wolfe Property Coaching. Her property portfolio is valued at $20 million. Wolfe is a graduate of Waikato University – she holds a first-class master’s degree in management studies – and lives in Auckland with her fiancé and two young children.One thing that makes me quite diff...

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