The person central to the success of the Me First organisation undoubtedly is Chester Dobbins, founder and president.

Chester Dobbins was educated at the University of Auckland and graduated with a BA and LLB (Hons) degrees. Upon completion of his degree he set out on a highly promising career as a barrister. "The world was my oyster", Dobbins said in a recent interview, "I had no student loan to repay - there was no such thing in those days so I didn't pay a cent for my two degrees. And good jobs were plentiful, unlike today, so I stepped straight into a position with a highly respectable law firm."

In the mid 1970s Dobbins joined the Labour Party, and for a time became highly involved within the party. Over time, however, he became disillusioned with Labour. "It was, at first, a gradual thing", said Dobbins. "I found myself becoming increasingly uncomfortable with some of the Labour policies. Then one morning I woke up and realised that I just didn't give a damn about people - I came to the conclusion that money was the only thing that mattered".

Fortunately for Chester Dobbins, this awakening came just at the time when the Roger Douglas government was assuming power in New Zealand. "It was a breath of fresh air" Dobbins later said - "At long last the word 'greed' was no longer a dirty word in this country". Dobbins was an early supporter of free trade and an advocate for the rights of foreign-owned multinational corporations. He also was part of the policy making group who penned the first draft of the Employments Contract Act for the new National government in 1990, although much of his personal input, including the controversial clause which would have given employers the legal ownership of their employee's souls, was dropped from the final version of the Act.

Chester Dobbins provided support for the ACT party during the 1996 election campaign, during which time he was accused of contaminating the water mains in the Wellington Central region with chemicals designed to impair intelligence. It is alleged that all who drank tap water in the Wellington Central area in the weeks leading up to the election were exposed to these chemicals and therefore were rendered temporarily cognitively impaired and unable to make sensible decisions. Richard Prebble won the seat of Wellington Central.

In 1998 Dobbins founded Me First, an organisation initially aimed at supporters of the ACT Party. "Prebble was like God to me" said Dobbins recently, "I felt that I had to do something to spread his gospel around". Since that time Me First has opened its doors to other supporters of Right and Centre-Right politics, and during the 1999 electoral campaign supported both the ACT and National parties.

Chester Dobbins currently lives in Auckland. He works as a barrister and the director of a number of companies. In his spare time he plays golf at a private country club and shoots ducks. His interests are making money, free trade, globalisation, and economic rationalisation. His dislikes are poor people, state-housing areas, and the unemployed.