List of founders from South Africa
South AfricaName | Description | Birthdate | Birthplace | ||
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Elon Musk is a serial entrepreneur known for creating high-tech, science fiction-inspired ventures. He is a founder of PayPal, an early-stage investor and CEO of Tesla, Inc., and founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer of SpaceX. | June 28, 1971 | ||||
Andre Cronje is a decentralized finance (DeFi) architect and the creator of Yearn Finance and Keep3rV1. | |||||
South african businessman, Cofounder and CEO of civic.com | February 7, 1979 | ||||
Kimbal Musk is an entrepreneur, restaurateur, investor, and environmentalist. He is the founder of several companies, including Square Roots, Big Green, and The Kitchen Restaurant Group. | September 20, 1972 | ||||
President of south africa, anti-apartheid activist | July 18, 1918 | ||||
Mit mathematician, computer scientist, and educator | February 29, 1928 | ||||
South african actor, film director and singer | June 25, 1942 | ||||
British venture capitalist | October 23, 1970 | ||||
South african entrepreneur; second self-funded visitor to the international space station | September 18, 1973 | ||||
British politician | May 1, 1899 | ||||
South african political dissident against the apartheid regime | December 5, 1924 | ||||
American musician | March 9, 1971 | ||||
Patrick Soon-Shiong is a professor, surgeon, bioscientist, and founder of NantWorks and other companies. | July 29, 1952 | ||||
Sourh african psychiatrist | 1931 | ||||
Systems software engineer | May 19, 1968 | ||||
South african businessman | June 1, 1950 | ||||
American singer-songwriter, musician and actor | January 9, 1967 | ||||
South african businessman | January 22, 1977 | ||||
American entrepreneur | May 25, 1972 | ||||
Israeli billionaire entrepreneur | 1930 | ||||
businessperson, founder of Work-Bench Ventures, born in South Africa | |||||
South african dancer and choreographer | |||||
Tim Greef is founder of National Security Technology Accelerator | |||||
Afrikaner south african billionaire entrepreneur, businessman and conservationist | October 4, 1916 | ||||
South african businessman | November 26, 1970 |
