Owen Glenn
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Sir Owen Glenn KNZM |
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Owen George Glenn 19 February 1940 Calcutta, India |
| Occupation | Businessman and philanthropist |
Sir Owen George Glenn KNZM (born 19 February 1940) is an expatriate New Zealand businessman and philanthropist, who supports humanitarian causes worldwide through his family charity.
Born in Calcutta, India, in 1940, Glenn emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1952. He attended Balmoral Intermediate School and Mount Roskill Grammar School in Auckland.
Glenn is the founder and former executive chairman of Vanguard Logistics Services, the USA's largest neutral non-vessel operating common carrier [logistics industry participant] and among the top five largest NVOCCs in the world.
In 2002, Glenn donated $7.5 million to the University of Auckland for the development of the Business School’s premises and facilities and ongoing improvements. This contribution is believed to be the largest private donation in New Zealand educational history, and was driven by Glenn's belief in the business school's mission and in the benefits high quality business education holds for New Zealand business and society. As a result of this gift the business school’s complex, opened in early 2008, was named the Owen G. Glenn Building. Owen Glenn followed his initial $7.5 million donation by, in 2008, donating an additional $500,000 to establish the Barry Spicer and Owen G Glenn PhD Scholarships. These scholarships received matched funding of $250,000.
In 2008 Glenn claimed that the New Zealand government was considering making him the country's honorary consul in Monaco, but such an appointment never eventuated. His political donations to the New Zealand Labour Party and the New Zealand First Party, which both the political parties denied receiving, caused some controversy in New Zealand politics at around the same time. On 9 September 2008, Glenn gave evidence to the New Zealand Parliament's Privileges Committee regarding the accuracy of statements made by Winston Peters, Leader of the New Zealand First Party, about the donations Glenn had given to Peters. Parliament ultimately censured Peters for failing to declare the donations.
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