Koos Bekker
$3.15B
as of 10/04/24
About Koos Bekker
Koos Bekker is revered for transforming South African newspaper publisher Naspers into an e-commerce investor and cable TV powerhouse.
He led Naspers to pay a reported $34 million for a third of Chinese Internet firm Tencent Holdings in 2001--perhaps the greatest venture investment ever.
In 2019, Naspers put some assets into two publicly-traded companies, entertainment firm MultiChoice Group and Prosus, which contains the Tencent stake
Naspers has sold down its stake in Tencent over the years and today owns 25%.
Bekker, who retired as the CEO of Naspers in March 2014, returned as chairman in April 2015.
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Citizenship
South AfricaSource of wealth
Media, investmentsResidence
Cape Town, South AfricaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
12/14/52 (age 71)Number of children
2Education
Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School; LLB, University of WitwatersrandSelf-made
self-madeKoos Bekker’s fortune is worth
53K
troy ounces of gold
48K
median U.S. household
32K
median U.S. income
0.063%
U.S. credit card volume
0.013%
GDP of the United States
0.009%
United States debt
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His Babylonstoren estate, nearly 600 acres in South Africa's Western Cape region, features architecture dating back to 1690, a farm, orchard and vineyard and more.
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