Sir John Stratton Davies KNZM QSO (born 1 July 1941)[1] is a New Zealand businessman and a former mayor of Queenstown.
[2] After the end of his political career, he purchased the guided walks at the Routeburn and Milford tracks, followed by The Hermitage Hotel in Mount Cook Village.
Together with other entrepreneurs, he bought three ski fields off Air New Zealand: Coronet Peak, The Remarkables, and Mount Hutt.
[15] In 2019, National Business Review estimated that Davies had a net worth of NZ$140 million.
[16] In 2016, it was reported that Davies had purchased a Bombardier Challenger 300 private jet worth over $20 million.
[20] In the 2013 Birthday Honours, he was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business and tourism.