There are 19 newcomers to the NBR Rich List, some of the fresh faces include: Peter Thiel Peter Thiel, the Facebook billionaire who quietly became a New Zealand citizen in 2011, is the wealthiest new-entrant to the rich list this year. Thiel spent only 12 days in the country before being made a citizen by then-Minister of Internal Affairs Nathan Guy, who used an "exceptional circumstances" clause to make it happen. An early investor in Facebook and the founder of Paypal, NBR puts Thiel's wealth at $3.7 billion. US magazine Forbes puts his wealth at a similar level at US$2.7b ($3.62b). Brendan Lindsay Brendan ... (full story)