Ian Taylor (New Zealand businessman)
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Ian Taylor is a prominent businessman from Dunedin
, New Zealand
.
Born in Kaeo
to a Pākehā
father and Māori mother, he grew up in Raupunga
and went to a Catholic boarding school in Masterton.
Taylor's wife Liz and he have 2 children, Samuel and Benjamin.
Taylor joined the band Kal-Q-Lated Risk in c.1967 as lead singer, and later graduated with a LLB degree from the University of Otago
.
A former television presenter (notably for TVNZ children's programme Spot On and New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos
), Taylor founded Taylormade Media in 1989 as a television production company. The following year he established Animation Research Limited, which quickly became one of the top computer animation companies in New Zealand and known internationally for its work, particularly in television advertising and sports graphics.
Taylor was inducted into the New Zealand Technology Hall of Fame in 2009 and was named North & South Magazines 2010 New Zealander of the Year.
Taylor was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the New Zealand Computer Society
(HFNZCS) in 2010, the top honour of the ICT sector in New Zealand.
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Born in Kaeo
Kaeo
The township of Kaeo lies some 22 km northwest of Kerikeri in Northland, New Zealand. The town takes its name from the unique shellfish found in the nearby Whangaroa Harbour....
to a Pākehā
Pakeha
Pākehā is a Māori language word for New Zealanders who are "of European descent". They are mostly descended from British and to a lesser extent Irish settlers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, although some Pākehā have Dutch, Scandinavian, German, Yugoslav or other ancestry...
father and Māori mother, he grew up in Raupunga
Raupunga
Raupunga is a small settlement in the northern Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's eastern North Island. It is located close to the country's highest railway bridge, the Mohaka Viaduct, which crosses the Mohaka River....
and went to a Catholic boarding school in Masterton.
Taylor's wife Liz and he have 2 children, Samuel and Benjamin.
Taylor joined the band Kal-Q-Lated Risk in c.1967 as lead singer, and later graduated with a LLB degree from the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
.
A former television presenter (notably for TVNZ children's programme Spot On and New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos
New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos
New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos was a New Zealand reality television program on TVNZ channel, TV2 in which viewers were able to send in humorous homemade videotapes...
), Taylor founded Taylormade Media in 1989 as a television production company. The following year he established Animation Research Limited, which quickly became one of the top computer animation companies in New Zealand and known internationally for its work, particularly in television advertising and sports graphics.
Taylor was inducted into the New Zealand Technology Hall of Fame in 2009 and was named North & South Magazines 2010 New Zealander of the Year.
Taylor was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the New Zealand Computer Society
New Zealand Computer Society
The New Zealand Computer Society Inc is a non-profit incorporated society in New Zealand. As New Zealand's ICT professional body, the NZCS exists to promote education and ensure a high level of professional practice amongst ICT professionals....
(HFNZCS) in 2010, the top honour of the ICT sector in New Zealand.