Boardroom Talk: New FMF CEO’s moment of fame suggests he’s ill-suited to filling Leon Louw’s shoes

Sadly, the Free Market Foundation is not the Leon Louw show anymore. After a well-documented fracas where those the co-founder appointed knifed their near 50-year Caesar, Louw is now very much out the FMF picture. His successor, announced last week, is one David Ansara, described by its chairman as "a deeply committed classic liberal…who brings a well-respected and regarded reputation…. and considered, informed intelligence."

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Ansara may well be all those things to the Louw-sans FMF. But after watching his 15 minutes of fame, forgive my scepticism. The new FMF CEO is the host of a viral video. It shot to YouTube prominence, and almost a million views, via a click-bait headline (their capitals) which reads: "You will OWN NOTHING and you will be HAPPY".

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