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Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron has bought 8.6 per cent of clothing retailer Postie Plus.
The acquisition was revealed in a notice to the sharemarket yesterday.
Ms Cameron bought her 3.45 million shares between August 15 and September 7 at prices between 75c and 96c per share. Her shareholding would be worth $2.65 million at yesterday's closing price of 77c.
The Dominion Post quoted a source today saying Ms Cameron had been in Europe for the past three months, and was setting up high quality furniture and homeware stores in Sydney and Melbourne.
Ms Cameron founded Kathmandu after starting to make her own outdoor equipment in a Melbourne flat 20 years ago, selling out of the business last year.
The National Business Review lists her as New Zealand's wealthiest woman, worth $300 million, in its latest Rich List.
- NZPA
