Google billionaire Larry Page is a NZ resident, Government confirms
On Thursday evening a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) confirmed the world’s sixth richest man has Kiwi residency.
The development comes the same day Stuff broke the news that Page visited New Zealand earlier this year, amid Covid-19 border restrictions, after his child fell ill in Fiji.
Stuff’s investigation into the matter this week included an enquiry with MBIE on Tuesday about Page’s immigration status. MBIE’s response was: “Mr Page is not a permanent resident.”
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Kiwi businessman and philanthropist Sir Stephen Tindall, who knows Page personally, confirmed Page visited New Zealand because his young child required hospital treatment in Auckland.
