The bizarro world of the very young, very rich Jake Millar

He’s 23 years old and runs a $9 million video company that interviews successful business leaders and then posts them online. Who is Unfiltered co-founder Jake Millar? And what even is Unfiltered?  “Who’s got a couple of thousand dollars to spare?” One hand, two hands, three hands go up – for a Dick Frizzell, a … Read more

Zuru is using its toy manufacturing nouse to build better houses

From blow-up water balloons to prefabricated buildings: Homegrown toy giant Zuru is flexing its manufacturing muscles in the direction of the housing shortage. Toy giant Zuru has launched a massive international push into the prefabricated building industry, a venture it says will “make everything else we do look small’. Zuru is the half-a-billion-dollar toy manufacturing … Read more

I went to the Gatsby party at the Toy Mansion and all I got was an empty bottle of Moët

Hosted by Jake Millar and the multi-millionaire Mowbray siblings, New Zealand’s new, young entrepreneurial elite gathered at the famed Dotcom/Toy Mansion for a night of tuxedos, evening gowns, and abundant champagne. Jihee Junn reluctantly went along. The first thing you see are the lights in the sky – two white beams dancing in the pitch … Read more