Mark Rowsthorn is an Australia

Australia

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n businessman in the transport industry. He serves as the Chairman of Toll NZ

Toll NZ

Toll Group Limited is a New Zealand trucking company. A subsidiary of the Australian company Toll Holdings, it has its headquarters in Auckland. It carries out operations by road and in the air, and formerly by rail and sea....

, New Zealand

New Zealand

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's largest transport company. He was recently the CEO of one of Australia's largest transport company, Asciano Limited

Asciano Limited

Asciano Limited is an Australian transport infrastructure and operations company. It was split out of Toll Holdings in June 2007. The incoming CEO is John Mullen who will begin on 14 February 2011. The outgoing CEO Mark Rowsthorn will be with the company until mid 2011...

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Biography

His father Peter Rowsthorn formerly chaired of Toll Holdings

Toll Holdings

TOLL , properly TOLL Holdings Limited, is Australia's largest transport company, based in Melbourne, Victoria. The company has operations in road, rail, sea and air in 55 countries....

: along with Paul Little

Paul Little (CEO)

Paul Little is the managing director of Toll Holdings, the Asian region's leading integrated logistics provider.He purchased the business Toll Holdings for $1.5 million in 1986, when it had revenues of $21 million.-External links:*...

, Peter Rowsthorn bought that company in 1986. As he holds nearly 10% of the company's shares, Mark Rowsthorn has an estimated net worth of over A$

Australian dollar

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700 million, and Forbes

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magazine named him as the 36th-richest individual in Australia and New Zealand in 2006.

When Asciano Limited

Asciano Limited

Asciano Limited is an Australian transport infrastructure and operations company. It was split out of Toll Holdings in June 2007. The incoming CEO is John Mullen who will begin on 14 February 2011. The outgoing CEO Mark Rowsthorn will be with the company until mid 2011...

 separated from Toll in June 2007, Rowsthorn became CEO

Chief executive officer

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 and managing director of Asciano. He had to relinquish his interests in Toll Group as part of the break-up.

Mark Rowsthorn has a brother: the actor and comedian Peter Rowsthorn.

Mark is passionate about horse racing and is a part owner in Baughaust.