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Koos Bekker

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Nationality
  
South African

Net worth
  
2.1 billion USD (2015)

Occupation
  
Chair of Naspers

Spouse
  
Karen Roos

Children
  
2

Name
  
Koos Bekker


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Born
  
14 December 1952 (age 71) (
1952-12-14
)
South Africa

Residence
  
Cape Town, South Africa

Similar People
  
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NASPERS Chair Koos Bekker on Chinese economy


Jacobus Petrus "Koos" Bekker (born 14 December 1952) is chairman of leading emerging markets media group Naspers. The company operates in 130 countries and is listed on the London and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges, and has the largest market capitalization of any media company outside the US and China.

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Early life

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Koos Bekker was born in Potchefstroom, South Africa on 14 December 1952. Bekker received his school education from Hoër Volkskool Heidelberg and completed degrees from Stellenbosch University in Law and Literature and Wits University in Law. During his studies in Stellenbosch he was a hostel boarder of Eendrag Manskoshuis.

Career

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After a few years in advertising he read an MBA degree at Columbia Business School, graduating in 1984. As a result of a project paper, he, and a few young colleagues founded one of the first two pay television services outside the US. M-Net and its sister companies like Multichoice eventually expanded to 48 countries across Africa. In the 1990s, he was a founding director of mobile communication company MTN. In 1997 Bekker became CEO of Naspers, one of the initial investors in the M-Net/Multichoice group. Naspers bought out the other shareholders. During his tenure, the market capitalization of Naspers grew from about $1,2 billion to $45 billion. His compensation package was unusual in that for fifteen years as CEO he earned no salary, bonus or perks. He was compensated solely via stock option grants that vested over time.

Foreign investments

Under Bekker, Naspers invested in pay television, mobile telephony and various internet services. Geographically the group spans Europe, Africa, Latin America, China, India, Russia and various smaller countries.

References

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