Tupua Fred Wetzell
Samoan businessman and philanthropist
About Tupua Fred Wetzell
Lived 1933 – 2016 (aged 82–83).
Tupua Friedrich Wilhelm Wetzell O.S. (13 May 1933 - 21 December 2016) He was educated at Apia Primary School in Samoa, and then at Porongahao Secondary School and Napier Boys' High School in New Zealand. After completing an apprenticeship, he worked as a motor mechanic in Auckland before returning to Samoa where he ran a farm and a coconut plantation and worked as a scrap-metal merchant.
After failing to establish a resort at Lake Lanoto'o, in 1973 he founded Apia Concrete Products. In 1996 he was appointed a director of the Sinalei Reef Resort.
The Tupua Fred Wetzell Championship Cup for the Vailima Marist rugby sevens tournament is named in his honour.
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Who was Tupua Fred Wetzell?
Samoan businessman and philanthropist (1933–2016)
When was Tupua Fred Wetzell born?
Tupua Fred Wetzell was born in 1933.
When did Tupua Fred Wetzell die?
Tupua Fred Wetzell died in 2016.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Tupua Fred Wetzell. https://biography.guide/tupua-fred-wetzell/
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