Nationality South African | Name Conrad Penny | |
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Full Name Conrad Hugo Penny Born 1951 Durban, South Africa Occupation Property broker and valuer, researcher, analyst Known for Evaluating the whole of Soweto, and being a descendant of the Plantagenet (royal house) of England and consequently a descendant of the brother of King Richard III. | ||
Conrad Hugo Penny (born 31 May 1951) is a South African property broker and property valuer who has worked for Penny Brothers Brokers & Valuers for over forty five years. He is the founder and chair of Penny Holdings (Pty) Ltd. and the Managing Director of Penny Brothers Brokers & Valuers (Pty) Ltd. He is also an appraiser to the South African Minister of Justice.
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Family and early life
Conrad Penny was born on 31 May 1951 in Durban, South Africa, the son of Errol Penny and Nina Hartdegen, Grandson of Magnus Penny and Elizabeth le Sueur, Great-Grandson of Herbert Penny (founder of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in the Cape which ultimately led to the formation of the South African Navy) and Carlotta Forssman (daughter of Chevalier Oscar Wilhelm Alric Forssman). His mother was granddaughter of Cunninghame Wilson Moore and brother of Sir Archibald Gordon Moore, Admiral of the Fleet. In March 2015 he attended the reinterment of King Richard III of England, claiming descent from a member of his army.
He was educated at St Stithians College (1964–65) and Hyde Park High School (1966–68) in Johannesburg and later passed the Valuer’s Exam set by The South African Council of Property Valuers Profession (SACPVP). He married Baroness Maria-Therésia Kotz von Dobrz in Austria on 7 January 1978 and with whom he has two sons and two daughters.
Career
In 1996 Penny's company, Penny Brothers Brokers & Valuers (Pty) Ltd., was awarded tenders for the valuation of the whole of Soweto, in Johannesburg), which valuation included over 325 000 dwellings. The tenders were awarded by the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality for taxing and rating purposes. This was the single largest valuation ever undertaken in Africa.
Penny is a member of the Institute of Estate Agents of South Africa, a member of the South African Institute of Valuers, Appraiser to the Hon. The Minister of Justice in South Africa, and is registered as a Professional Valuer with the South African Council for the Property Valuers Profession. Given his interest in anthropology and paleontology, he is also a member of the Royal Society of South Africa.
He is the owner of Chartwell Castle & Guest House in north western Johannesburg, where he laid out the largest permanent hedgerow Maze in the Southern Hemisphere.
He has also propagated approximately 7000 trees at Chartwell Castle which have been donated to the streets, pavements, parks, schools and churches within the Greater Gauteng area.
Rand Club Johannesburg
In 2016, Conrad Penny initiated the formation of the RCSC (Rand Club Salvage Consortium) which successfully resuscitated the historic (1887) Rand Club of Johannesburg (and its fine Edwardian building) after it had been mothballed because of a decline in membership following a general exodus from the old CBD of Johannesburg.