Hugh Morris | |
Birth Name: | Hugh William Morris |
Birth Date: | 1929 7, df=y |
Birth Place: | Oxford, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Known For: | Co-founder of McDonald's in New Zealand |
Hugh William Morris (2 July 1929 – 20 May 2010) was a New Zealand businessman who co-founded McDonald's New Zealand in 1976.[1]
Morris established the first McDonald's in New Zealand in 1976 with business partners Lionel Whitehead, Gary Lloydd, Ray Stonelake, and his brother, Wally Morris.[1] The first McDonald's restaurant opened in Porirua on 7 June 1976.[1] Morris emphasised employee training and franchising, and headed the McDonald's New Zealand company for more than 20 years, until his retirement in the mid-1990s.[1]
Morris died on 20 May 2010, after an extended illness. He was survived by his wife, Meryl, three children and three stepchildren.[1]