page_title: Carmel Fisher
hierarchical_section_title: Carmel Fisher
caption_attribution_description: English: 2017 inductee into the New Zealand Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs - fund founder Carmel Fisher, on 7 March 2017.
context_page_description: Carmel Miringa Fisher CNZM is a New Zealand businesswoman and entrepreneur. In 1998, Carmel and Hugh Fisher founded investment fund company Fisher Funds. Over the next two decades, Fisher Funds grew from NZD $17 million to over $8 billion to become the fifth-largest New Zealand fund management company behind the major Australian banks, far outpacing industry growth. In 2017, Fisher sold 51% of Fisher Funds to the New Zealand-owned TSB Bank.
  According to the New Zealand Herald, Fisher is widely recognised as a "trailblazer" and leading investment professional, and was awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2019 New Year Honours List for services to business. As of 2018, Carmel and her husband Hugh had an estimated net worth of $90 million. In 2016 they purchased a $22 million home on Auckland's North Shore.
context_section_description: Carmel Miringa Fisher CNZM is a New Zealand businesswoman and entrepreneur. In 1998, Carmel and Hugh Fisher founded investment fund company Fisher Funds. Over the next two decades, Fisher Funds grew from NZD $17 million to over $8 billion to become the fifth-largest New Zealand fund management company behind the major Australian banks, far outpacing industry growth. In 2017, Fisher sold 51% of Fisher Funds to the New Zealand-owned TSB Bank.
  According to the New Zealand Herald, Fisher is widely recognised as a "trailblazer" and leading investment professional, and was awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2019 New Year Honours List for services to business. As of 2018, Carmel and her husband Hugh had an estimated net worth of $90 million. In 2016 they purchased a $22 million home on Auckland's North Shore.
caption: Fisher in 2017
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