Paul Harris is the unassuming man who built fortune on banking and bright ideas. He, along with two other millionaires, his university friend GT Ferreira and colleague Laurie Dippenaar, took $10,000 and forged the $2.1 billion FirstRand empire, the largest bank in South Africa, by market value, according to Reuters. You could say Harris is: the father of FirstRand; the grandfather of Rand Merchant Bank Holdings (RMBH); and the great grandfather of First National Bank (FNB), OUTsurance and Discovery Health –all pillars of South African business.
Lira, South Africa’s multiplatinum-selling afro-soul singer and dollar millionaire, overcame failure and depression to build her own company and brand – and she’s not one for displaying her wealth.
The Bongi Ngema-Zuma Foundation (founded 2010) is a registered Non-Profit Organisation with a vision of seeing South Africa where diabetes ceases to be a killer due to lack of awareness, by supporting and helping people take control of diabetes. Diabetes is a close subject to Bongi Ngema Zuma due to personal experiences. In 2012, she married President Jacob Zuma, becoming his fourth wife.
