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'''Sir Stephen Robert Tindall''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|GNZM}} (born May 1951) is the [[Entrepreneur|founder]] of New Zealand retailer The Warehouse, [[The Warehouse Group]], and the Tindall Foundation.

==Early life and education==
Tindall attended Bayswater Primary School then [[Takapuna Grammar School]] and has a Diploma of Management from the [[Auckland Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzlistener.co.nz/issue/3515/features/9638/the_people_who_shape_our_world,5.html|title=The people who shape our world|author1=Macfie, Rebecca|author2=Welch, Denis|name-list-style=amp|date= 22–28 September 2007|work=The Listener|pages=Vol 210 No 3515|access-date=22 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015053812/http://www.nzlistener.co.nz/issue/3515/features/9638/the_people_who_shape_our_world,5.html|archive-date=15 October 2008}}</ref>

== Business career==
Tindall founded The Warehouse in 1982 after 12 years with retailer George Court & Sons as Merchandise Director. In 2009 The Warehouse Group had sales of [[NZ$]]1.72 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/red/menucontent/homepage/about-us|title=Business Profile|work=The Warehouse|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> In 2018, The Warehouse Group had 251 stores throughout New Zealand, The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming, Torpedo7 and TheMarket stores.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.thewarehousegroup.co.nz/application/files/6215/3748/5565/201_Annual_Report_Online.pdf |title=The Warehouse Group: 2018 annual report |access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==
In 1995 Tindall and his wife, Margaret, set up The Tindall Foundation to provide help to New Zealanders in need.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sharing-a-good-fortune-20-years-of-the-tindall-foundation/3D6RCR5T6VAOXHPDC3BEWLDYEA/ |title=Sharing a good fortune: 20 years of the Tindall Foundation |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=25 June 2015 |access-date=1 November 2021 |language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref>

==Honours and awards==
''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' named Tindall their Business Person of the Year for 1997, and the following year he was named the Deloitte–''New Zealand Management'' magazine Executive of the Year<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-31 |title=Dynamic Business: 25 years of top performances |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/dynamic-business-25-years-of-top-performances/HET27LZ74QLFACJA7SLN73SC7I/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

In the [[1997 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1997 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Tindall was appointed an [[Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to business and the community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1997|url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1997 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref> In the [[2007 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2007 Queen's Birthday Honours]], he was promoted to [[Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to business and the community.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2007 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2007 |date=4 June 2007 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref> In [[2009 Special Honours (New Zealand)|2009]], following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government, he accepted redesignation as a [[Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/special-honours-list-1-august-2009 |title=Special honours list 1 August 2009 |date=5 April 2011 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref> He was elevated to [[Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to business, the community, and the environment, in the [[2019 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2019 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2019|title=New Year Honours List 2019|website=New Year Honours List 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/new-zealand-royal-honours/honours-lists-and-recipients/honours-lists/knights-dames-new-zealand-order-of-merit|title=Knights and Dames of the New Zealand Order of Merit|website=Knights and Dames of the New Zealand Order of Merit|language=en-NZ|access-date=2019-05-28}}</ref>

Tindall has been conferred honorary doctorates by [[Auckland University of Technology|AUT]] and [[Massey University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.aut.ac.nz/news/sir-don-mckinnon-honoured-for-international-conflict-work |title=Sir Don McKinnon honoured for international conflict work |date=26 September 2017 |publisher=AUT |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary graduates |url= http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/calendar/officers-and-staff-of-the-university/honorary-graduates.cfm |date=23 January 2018 |publisher=Massey University |access-date=16 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913103342/http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/calendar/officers-and-staff-of-the-university/honorary-graduates.cfm |archive-date=13 September 2018}}</ref>

In 2005, Tindall was inducted into the [[New Zealand Business Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businesshalloffame.co.nz/past-laureates/ |title=Past laureates |website=Business Hall of Fame |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> In 2006, he was awarded the Blake Medal on behalf of the [[Peter Blake (sailor)|Sir Peter Blake Trust]] in recognition of his leadership contributions to New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blakenz.org/our-alumni|title=BLAKE|website=blakenz.org|access-date=2019-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/|title=Sir Peter Blake Trust: A legacy of leadership|last=Akoorie|first=Natalie|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=2014-06-24|access-date=2019-05-28|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> In 2015, he was named [[Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/66653544/stephen-tindall-chosen-as-kiwibanks-nzer-of-the-year|title=Stephen Tindall chosen as Kiwibank's NZer of the Year|website=stuff.co.nz|date=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewarehousegroup.co.nz/about-us/board-directors/sir-stephen-robert-tindall|title=The Warehouse Group :: Sir Stephen Tindall|website=www.thewarehousegroup.co.nz|access-date=2019-05-28}}</ref>

Tindall is the immediate Past Chair of Emirates Team New Zealand, New Zealand's America's Cup sailing team.  Under his watch they won and defended the Cup in 2017 and 2021.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://tindall.org.nz/ The Tindall Foundation]
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[[Category:Auckland University of Technology alumni]]
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[[Category:Businesspeople awarded knighthoods]]
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