Michael Hill (mai ado)

Sir Richard Michael Hill KNZM (23 Disamba 1938 - 29 Yuli 2025) ya kasance mai sayar mai kayan ado na New Zealand, ɗan kasuwa kuma mai ba da agaji wanda ya kafa mai sayar da kayayyaki na duniya Michael Hill Jeweller a shekarar 1979. Ya yi ritaya a matsayin shugaban kamfanin a watan Nuwamba 2015. Ya zauna a Arrowtown Ya kasance mai shiga cikin New Zealand Business Hall of Fame kuma an ba shi suna Ernst &amp; Young's 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year a New Zealand.

A shekara ta 2002, an girmama shi da New Zealand Order of Merit

 Rayuwa ta farko da aiki 
An haifi Hill a Whangārei a ranar 23 ga Disamba 1938, kuma ta yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Whangārei daga 1949 zuwa 1954. [1] Hill ya tuna cewa an zalunta shi, yana mai cewa ya "ƙyaye" lokacinsa a makaranta.[2] Ya bar makaranta yana da shekara 16 don ya bi aiki a matsayin mai kunna violin kide-kide amma bayan shekara guda an gaya masa cewa dole ne ya fara da ƙuruciya a rayuwa don ya zama sanannen mawaƙi.[3] Hill ya watsar da fatansa na aiki a cikin kiɗa kuma ya fara aiki ga kawunsa, Arthur Fisher, a shagon kayan ado na iyali. Ya yi kyau a matsayin mai siyarwa da mai gyaran taga, ya lashe kyaututtuka na kasa da kasa saboda kokarinsa a karshen.[4] Daga baya ya karɓi jaridar shagon da tallace-tallace na rediyo, yana jawo hankali ga kasuwancin tare da jigogi masu ban mamaki don tallace-bambance.[3]

A cikin bazara na shekara ta 1964, yayin da yake aiki a cikin shagon, Hill ya sadu da Christine Roe, wata mace ta Ingila wacce ta koyar da fasaha a makarantar sakandare ta gida. Sun yi aure a watan Maris na shekara ta 1965 kuma suna da 'ya'ya biyu, Mark (an haife shi a shekara ta 1969) da Emma (an haifi ta 1971). 

 Michael Hill Jeweller 
A ranar 1 ga Oktoba 1977, gidan da ya dauki su shekaru hudu don ginawa ya lalace a cikin wuta. Bayan wannan koma baya, Hill ya sake tantance rayuwarsa. Tare da taimakon aboki, ya yi ƙoƙari ya sayi kasuwancin kawunsa, amma kawunsa ya ki sayar. A ranar 13 ga Mayu 1979, Hill ya buɗe kantin sayar da kayan ado na kansa a kusa, yana kiransa Michael Hill Jeweller .  Ɗaya daga cikin manyan bambance-bambance shi ne iyakance yawan samfuran shagonsa ga kayan ado, rarraba kayan azurfa, agogo, porcelain da kayan gilashi da ake samu a wasu shagunan kayan ado a lokacin.

 Rashin lafiya da mutuwa 
A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2025, Hill ya sami maganin ciwon daji. Ya mutu a gidansa a Arrowtown a ranar 29 ga Yuli 2025, yana da shekaru 86.  

 Littattafai 
Hill yana da littattafai uku da aka buga game da cin nasara a kasuwanci. Littattafan suna amfani da labaru daga rayuwarsa don kwatanta abubuwan da ya samu game da samun nasara.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1938
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