Christoffel Wiese

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Christoffel Hendrik Wiese , mostly just Christo Wiese (born September 10, 1941 in Upington , South Africa ), is a South African entrepreneur .

Life

Wiese's father was a farmer and gas station owner in Upington . There he also attended the Primary School and then the Paarl Boys High School in Paarl . He earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law from Stellenbosch University and later received an honorary doctorate from the same university. He heads the South African retail company Shoprite . He also controls the South African company Pepkor . He owns the Lourensford Estate near Somerset West and a safari excursion area in the Kalahari , the Orxy Hunting Farm, where trophy hunting is also possible. According to US Forbes Magazine , Wiese had a net worth of $ 3.1 billion in March 2012, making him the third richest South African.

In addition, Wiese was the largest single shareholder with 23% of the Dutch-South African furniture company Steinhoff International Holdings , which he led on an interim basis after the resignation of CEO Markus Jooste in the course of an accounting scandal on December 5, 2017. A few days after taking office, Wiese also resigned from his office on December 14, 2017 with immediate effect.

Wiese was named the most important entrepreneur in South Africa in 2015.

Wiese is married and has three children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ report on Wiese's activities in Nigeria at bloomberg.com (English), accessed on October 20, 2012
  2. ↑ Article about the richest men in South Africa ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, PDF file; 86 kB), accessed on October 20, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sabsa.co.za
  3. ↑ Wiese at whoswho.co.za (English; archive version)
  4. ↑ Wieses Weingüter at fin24.com (English), accessed on October 20, 2012
  5. ↑ Forbes Magazine: Christoffel Wiese (English), accessed on October 20, 2012
  6. ↑ http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/handel/steinhoff-versinkt-im-chaos-chef-weg-aktie-kollabiert-a-1181960.html
  7. ↑ http://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/handel/steinhoff-hauptaktionaer- sucht-sich-von-konzernspitze-zurueck/ 20716330.html
  8. ↑ Steinhoff on brink of dropping off JSE's top 100 company list. Fin24, December 21, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Wiese, Christoffel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiese, Christoffel Hendrik (full name); Meadow, Christ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Upington , South Africa