Who is the owner of Naspers?

Who is the owner of Naspers?

Bob van Dijk (Apr 1, 2014–)
Naspers/CEO

Is Naspers black owned?

Naspers currently owns a 56.92% stake in Prosus and wholly owns Media24 (Africa’s largest publishing company), Takealot.com (South Africa’s largest online retailer) and Naspers Foundry, a South African focused venture capital fund….Naspers.

Naspers’ headquarters in Foreshore, Cape Town
Website naspers.com

Does Naspers own Prosus?

Under the cross-holding arrangement, Naspers owns around 57% of Prosus and will keep voting control. Post-deal, Prosus has an economic interest of around 60% of the companies’ international assets, including the $167 billion worth of shares they own in Chinese internet giant Tencent .

How much does Naspers own of Tencent?

The Johannesburg-listed Naspers acquired 46.5 per cent of Tencent for only $32 million back in 2001, when the Chinese company was just a plucky start-up. In the years since, Naspers’ stake in Tencent has whittled down to around the 29 per cent.

What does Koos Bekker own?

Koos Bekker is a South African billionaire and businessman. He is the sitting chairman of Naspers Limited, a position he assumed in 2015. Prior to this, he was also the CEO of Naspers from 1997 – 2014. Also, Koos is one of the co-founders of M-Net/Multichoice pay-television business in 1986.

What does Naspers stand for?

NASPER

Acronym Definition
NASPER National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act

What did Bob van Dijk do for Naspers?

Bob van Dijk became Group CEO of Naspers in April 2014, assuming the additional role of Group CEO of Prosus at its listing on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange in September 2019, and has more than two decades’ experience managing online growth companies.

What do Naspers do?

Naspers Ltd. is a global consumer internet group and the technology investors in the world. It operates through the following business segments: Ecommerce, Social and internet platforms, media and Corporate. The company was founded on May 12, 1915 and is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Does Naspers own Takealot?

Naspers now owns 96% of Takealot. In the past year, The Takealot Group’s trading losses decreased to near breakeven, the company said.

Who is Tencent owned by?

Naspers
Tencent

Tencent Seafront Towers in Shenzhen
Total assets CN¥1,333.425 billion (US$203.48 billion) (2020)
Total equity CN¥778.043 billion (US$118.73 billion) (2020)
Owner Naspers (30.86%; since 2019 through Prosus) Ma Huateng (8.42%) Tony Zhang (3.5%)
Number of employees 85,858 (2020)

What is Koos Bekker worth?

US$2.3 billion
The Forbes 2019 list of The World’s Billionaires ranked Bekker as the 1002nd-wealthiest person in the world, and the fourth-wealthiest South African, with a fortune of US$2.3 billion. In 2020, Bekker was ranked as the third-wealthiest South African by Forbes, with a fortune reported as US$2.4billion.

Who is Cato Bekker?

Cato started in radio (hosting Lunch on 94.5 KFM and Afternoon Drive on Smile 90.4FM) and is currently exploring and creating in the tv space. She is the executive producer on and presenter of “Die Uitnodiging” – a reality tv show that brings together feuding friends and families.

What is the relationship between Naspers Beleggings and Keerom?

Keeromstraat 30 Beleggings (RF) Beperk (“ Keerom ”) and Naspers Beleggings (RF) Beperk (“ Nasbel ”) hold such A class ordinary shares that together they control more than 50% (currently 55%) of the voting rights in Naspers. These two companies exercise such rights in consultation with one another.

What is the difference between Keerom and nasbel?

Keerom has 2 823 shareholders and its constitutional documents provide that no shareholder is entitled to exercise more than 50 votes regardless of shareholding. Nasbel has 2 593 shareholders, one of which is Heemstede Beleggings Proprietary Limited (“ Heemstede ”) (which is a subsidiary of Naspers) that holds 49% of the shares in Nasbel.

Is Naspers owned by South Africans?

Naspers tabled documents at earlier tribunal proceedings that clearly showed the locus of control of Naspers lay with Nasbel, Keerom and Wheatfields and the individuals behind it are South African citizens, Caxton said.

How many a class ordinary shares does Naspers have?

As at 31 March 2020 there are 961 193 A shares in issue. A majority of A class ordinary shares is held by two companies that together comprise the control structure of Naspers. The effective voting interests of these two companies are shown in this diagram:

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