Steven Joyce entered the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2008 as a member of the New Zealand National Party. In the same year he became Minister of Transport and Minister for Communications and Information Technology. He later became Minister of Science and Innovation, and then served as Minister for Finance and Minister for Infrastructure.
As a broadcasting entrepreneur with RadioWorks, he was a millionaire before he entered politics.
Steven now runs his own business consultancy and writes a fortnightly opinion piece in The New Zealand Herald.