Antony Thomas Gough (born 1949) is a New Zealand businessman and property developer based in

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. The grandson of Tracy Thomas Gough, who founded Gough, Gough and Hamer, Gough is considered to be one of the city's most influential businessmen. He is the developer of The Terrace, a major commercial development in Christchurch's retail district and part of the city's reconstruction programme following the 2011 earthquake.

Biography

Gough was born in Christchurch on 8 April 1949. He was educated at Christ's College from 1962 to 1966. He graduated from the

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with a

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in 1970 with honours in nuclear science, and was awarded an

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in commerce in April 2014 from the same institution. Gough, his brothers Tracy Gough and Harcourt Gough, and his twin sister Avenal McKinnon are part-owners of Gough Holdings Ltd, previously known as Gough, Gough and Hamer. The company supplies heavy equipment for the mining, forestry, transport and power industries in

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and employs 950 staff. In 2013, an attempt of the B T Gough Trust to obtain a controlling stake of Gough Holdings Ltd through gaining shareholding of the O T Gough Trust went to the High Court. The ''

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'' estimates the value of the Gough family at NZ$300m. The Gough family owned

Shand's Emporium Shand's Emporium, previously known as Gee's, is a historic building in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. One of the oldest commercial buildings to remain from the time Christchurch was founded, it was relocated in June 2015 from its ...

in Hereford Street, the oldest commercial building in the

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, from circa 1940. Gough sold the Category I heritage building for $1 as it was in the way of The Terrace development, and it was transported to a new site in Manchester Street.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gough, Antony 1949 births Living people New Zealand businesspeople People from Christchurch University of Canterbury alumni People associated with the 2011 Christchurch earthquake People educated at Christ's College, Christchurch