Please answer the following question: Facts: - known for: jewellery business philanthropy - honorific suffix: knzm - spouse: christine roe - children: one son , one daughter - birth date: yes 1938 - awards: new zealand entrepreneur of the year -lrb- 2008 -rrb- zealand order of merit -lrb- 2001 -rrb- new - name: sir michael hill - citizenship: new zealand - nationality: new zealand - birth place: whangarei Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of michael hill -lrb- entrepreneur -rrb- .
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sir -lrb- richard -rrb- michael hill -lrb- born 1938 in whangarei -rrb- is a new zealand jeweller , entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded global jewellery retailer michael hill jeweller in 1979 and continues to serve as its chairman .he currently resides in arrowtown and was ernst & young 's 2008 entrepreneur of the year in new zealand .