a_080409hosjdmyers10_620x310.jpg Sir Douglas Myers. Photo NZ HeraldLong-time chief executive of Lion Breweries Sir Douglas Myers has died. His doctor told Sir Douglas that in two months, his body would shut down and he would be dead. Myers' father, Sir Kenneth Myers, and grandfather, Sir Arthur Myers, were both very successful businesspeople, as were those on his mother's side of the family. Besides accomplishments in the brewing industry, Myers put $3m into Auckland University's Kenneth Myers Arts Centre, created the Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship worth $100,000 a year to study at Cambridge University, and supported Auckland University's business school.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 08, 2017 23:03 UTC