Izzy Whitley

Izzy Whitley

Izzy Whitley is one of New Zealand’s most successful, self-made men under 30. He’s 28, has founded two businesses that do over $30 million a year in revenue and has the world at his feet.

But the foundations of his incredible rise were far from smooth.

From humble, strict Christian beginnings in Gisborne, he left home at 16 chasing a football dream, before eventually dropping out of university. At the age of 21 he had lost his father to suicide and suffered two heart attacks, and was dealing with his trauma, alone, with nothing, in an Auckland hospital.

So with $500 to his name he embarked on a journey building Auckland Labour Hire with just himself on the books to Aotearoa Labour Hire with 11 branches around the country and a short-term goal of $100 million in annual revenue and an eye across the ditch.

Along the way he has forged a friendship with former Air NZ CEO Rob Fyfe who has provided guidance, along with his own extraordinary mindset and competitive instincts alongside his own mantra of hard work, works.

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How I built a $30m business at 28

Episode 129

Get ready to meet one of NZ’s most successful men under 30… Izzy Whitley 🙌

From humble beginnings he’s founded two businesses that do over $30 million a year in revenue, and has overcome his fair share of tragedy to get to where he is - losing his father to mental health struggles at age 21, and suffering two heart attacks himself.

Izzy’s story is captivating and his mindset is absolutely inspirational. A true Kiwi success story that you’re going to love!