Chloe Wright

Chloe Angela Carol Wright ( – 24 September 2023) was a New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist. Along with her husband Wayne, she co-founded BestStart in 1996, the largest early-childhood education franchise in New Zealand.

Early life and family Wright grew up in a state house in Lower Hutt. Her father worked for the post office, and her mother was a stay-at-home mum.

Wright married Wayne Wright at a self-declared "very young" age, and the couple had five children.

Career In 1975, Wright and her husband started a kiwifruit orchard in Te Puna, and later formed kiwifruit orchard syndicates until a tax deductibility change was made by the government in 1982. Also in 1982, they built their home in Ōmokoroa. They started a crib-wall manufacturing business in Escondido, California, in 1978. After they had issues with their kiwifruit production, they sold their New Zealand assets and moved to Austin, Texas; Wright went on to graduate from the University of Texas. They soon were able to expand their crib-wall business to Mexico. In 1990, they started a telecommunications company in Mobile, Alabama.

Wright started a lobby group named Mother's Matter.

Death Wright died on 23 September 2023, at the age of 75. Her husband, Wayne Wright, died in 2026.