
Slingshot founder Annette Presley on helping young women, ambition, Telecom battles and the cost of success
From Kiwi Yarns
Published 9/21/2025
This week, we meet tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Annette Presley. Annette started her first business at 24, co-founded one of New Zealand’s earliest internet providers, Slingshot, took on Telecom in the early 2000s (and won), and was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for…



