Ron Jarden


Ronald Alexander Jarden, better known as Ron Jarden, was a New Zealand rugby union footballer, businessman, and sharebroker.

Career

Rugby career

Jarden played club rugby for Victoria University in 1949, and was selected to play provincial rugby for Wellington that year. He practised daily at goal-kicking and also lineout throwing. He was selected for the North Island team in 1950 and then the All Blacks in 1951. He ended up playing 16 Tests and 21 games before retiring in 1956 following the tour of the South African team.

Business career

He had graduated from Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953, and his retirement from rugby in 1956 was to concentrate on his business career with Shell. He was very successful in business and eventually started his own stockbroking firm RA Jarden & Co, which is now Jarden Securities Limited, New Zealand's largest investment bank. He was appointed chairman of the Broadcasting Council which governed New Zealand's broadcasting system in 1975.
Jarden died on 18 February 1977 from a heart attack.