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Sir Ronald Alfred "Ron" Brierley (born 2 August 1937) is a New Zealand investor and corporate raider, chairman and director of a number of companies in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://au.biz.yahoo.com/finance/profile/542 )〕 He founded "R. A. Brierley Investments" (BIL; from October 2007 ''GuocoLeisure'' 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GuocoLeisure Limited - Company Profile Snapshot )〕) in March 1961 with no capital. By 1984 BIL was the largest company in New Zealand by market capitalization, and in 1987 had 160,000 shareholders, with a stake in over 300 companies, including Paris department store Galleries Lafayette and Air New Zealand. ==Personal life== Brierley was born in Wellington during 1937 to middle class parents. He went to primary school at Island Bay School,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.islandbay.school.nz/index.php/Main/History )〕 and Wellington College. At Wellington College he joined the New Stamp Dealers Federation, and began his first business venture selling stamps to students and staff.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mcleanandco.co.nz/Page6.htm )〕 He is still one of the largest buyers and sellers of stamps in the world, and he is recognised by the name "Lionheart".〔Mark Russell, 'Lionheart' caught up in fight for stamps', ''The Age'', 23 June 2014, p. 13〕 Brierley is a fan of cricket, being a Trustee of the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust 1988-96, and President of New Zealand Cricket in 1995.〔 He also likes travelling by train. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1988 New Year Honours, for services to business management and the community.〔(''London Gazette'' (supplement), No. 51173, 30 December 1987 ). Retrieved 16 January 2013.〕 He has never married. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ron Brierley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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