Company type | Public |
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Traded as | NZX: RYM |
Industry | Aged care |
Founded | 1984 founded, 1999 IPO |
Founder | John Ryder, Kevin Hickman |
Headquarters | Christchurch , New Zealand |
Areas served | NZ, Australia |
Key people | CEO – Richard Umbers, CFO – David Bennett, Acting chair – Claire Higgins |
Products | Retirement villages and aged care |
Owner | Public listing company (NZX) |
Number of employees | 5000+ |
Website | www |
Ryman Healthcare Limited is a New Zealand retirement village and rest home operator. It is listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange and is one of the largest companies listed on the NZX 50 Index.[1][2]
Ryman Healthcare has 38 operational villages across New Zealand and seven in Melbourne, and is developing another six villages in Victoria, Australia. Its name is a portmanteau of its two founders, John Ryder and Kevin Hickman, who founded the company in 1984.[3]
As at May 2022, Ryman Healthcare has a market capitalisation of over $4.4 Billion NZD.[4]
Ryman's business model is a mixture of property development and healthcare services. It operates on a "deferred management fees" model where the village resident pays for a lifetime occupancy use of their apartment or unit, and upon moving out, the resident or their estate receives a lesser sum back for their unit, capped at 20% deducted if over a five-year period.
Ryman Healthcare villages offer a blend of different retirement living options at their villages, which are usually large enough to support a mini-hospital for residents and a secure dementia wing. Ryman describe this as a "continuum of care" where residents can remain in the Ryman village of choice, whether it is for independent retirement living, rest home care, dementia or hospital care.[5] All villages are named after Kiwi or Australian "trailblazers"[6]
Ryman expanded into Australia in 2012, buying a site for development in Wheelers Hill, in eastern Melbourne, Victoria.[7] Ryman has since purchased another eight sites for development at Brandon Park, Burwood East, Coburg, Mt Eliza, Mt Martha, Aberfeldie, Ocean Grove and Geelong.[8][9]