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agreed to buy Trade Me for NZ$ 700 million, plus another NZ$ 50 million if financial targets were met over the next two years. Sam Morgan received $ 227 million (excluding future bonuses), making him one of the richest people in New
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project, and majority owner and chairman of vWorkApp, a cloud-based dispatch and scheduling product. He is a director of
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and mother Jo Morgan a local bus driver. He attended
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