The list of CEOs of South Africa’s Top 100 Companies makes fascinating reading. Octogenarian Neil Jowell of Trencor is comfortably the oldest of them – and is also the longest serving having been in the hot seat for six years longer than Shoprite’s Whitey Basson. PSG founder Jannie Mouton’s son Piet, at 37, is three years below the next youngest CEO (pictured right). The chief executives are ranked in order of the market capitalisation of their companies in December 2014 – ie Nicandro Durante of British American Tobacco is top as his business is worth more than any other on the JSE. Each of the columns on the tables can be adjusted by clicking on the arrow in the header. Only one company in the Top 100, Standard Bank, has joint CEOs. The duo, Ben Kruger and Sim Tshabalala, are ranked 11th (pushing the next one of the list to 13th). Another banker, Maria Ramos, is one of only two women on the list, the JSE’s Nicky Newton-King the other. We have added the newest of the CEO’s Darryll Castle, even though he only takes up his position in January (hence the -0.1 month of service). Have fun. – AH
SA's Top 100 CEOs
Pos | CEO | Age | Company | Years as CEO |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicandro Durante | 58 | BAT plc | 3.8 |
2 | Alan Clark | 55 | SAB Miller plc | 1.7 |
3 | Ivan Glasenberg | 58 | Glencore plc | 13.0 |
4 | Bob van Dijk | 41 | Naspers Ltd | 0.7 |
5 | Johann Rupert | 64 | Richemont SA | 4.7 |
6 | Andrew Mackenzie | 58 | BHP Billiton plc | 1.6 |
7 | Sifiso Dabengwa | 56 | MTN | 3.8 |
8 | Mark Cutifani | 56 | Anglo American plc | 1.7 |
9 | David Constable | 52 | Sasol | 3.5 |
10 | Sizwe Nxasana | 57 | FirstRand | 5.0 |
11 | Ben Kruger | 55 | Standard Bank Group Ltd. | 1.8 |
11 | Sim Tshabalala | 47 | Standard Bank Group Ltd. | 1.8 |
13 | Shameel Joosub | 43 | Vodacom Group Ltd. | 2.3 |
14 | Stephen Saad | 50 | Aspen Pharmacare Holdings | 18.0 |
15 | Julian Roberts | 57 | Old Mutual plc | 6.3 |
16 | Maria Ramos | 55 | Barclays Africa Group Ltd | 5.8 |
17 | Johan van Zyl | 58 | Sanlam Ltd | 11.7 |
18 | Markus Jooste | 53 | Steinhoff International | 17.0 |
19 | Mike Brown | 48 | Nedbank Group Ltd. | 4.8 |
20 | Jannie Durand | 48 | Remgro Ltd. | 2.6 |
21 | Brian Joffe | 67 | Bidvest Group Ltd. | 17.0 |
22 | Whitey Basson | 69 | Shoprite Holdings Ltd. | 36.0 |
23 | Chris Griffith | 49 | Anglo American Platinum Ltd. | 2.3 |
24 | Herman Bosman | 45 | RMB Holdings Ltd. | 0.7 |
25 | Danie Meintjes | 58 | Mediclinic International Ltd. | 4.7 |
26 | David Fischel | 56 | Intu Properties plc | 13.8 |
27 | Ian Moir | 55 | Woolworths Holdings Ltd. | 4.1 |
28 | Norman Mbazima | 55 | Kumba Iron Ore Ltd. | 2.9 |
29 | Peter Matlare | 54 | Tiger Brands Ltd. | 6.9 |
30 | David Hathorn | 52 | Mondi plc | 7.6 |
31 | Adrian Gore | 50 | Discovery Ltd. | 23.0 |
32 | Norbert Sasse | 50 | Growthpoint Properties Ltd. | 10.3 |
33 | Stephen Koseff | 63 | Investec plc | 18.0 |
34 | Stuart Bird | 54 | Mr Price Group Ltd. | 4.4 |
35 | Richard Friedland | 53 | Netcare Ltd. | 9.3 |
36 | Ian Hawksworth | 48 | Capital & Counties Properties PLC | 8.3 |
37 | Terence Goodlace | 55 | Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. | 2.6 |
38 | Alan Grieve | 62 | Reinet Investments SCA | 2.9 |
39 | Nicolaas Kruger | 46 | MMI Holdings Ltd. | 4.1 |
40 | Andre Meyer | 49 | Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd. | 0.7 |
41 | John Gnodde | 49 | Brait SE | 3.8 |
42 | Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan | 48 | AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. | 1.6 |
43 | Nick Holland | 56 | Gold Fields Ltd. | 6.6 |
44 | Anton Pillay | 45 | Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. | 1.9 |
45 | Andrew Konig | 45 | Redefine Properties Ltd. | 0.4 |
46 | Sipho Nkosi | 60 | Exxaro Resources Ltd. | 7.3 |
47 | Gerrie Fourie | 50 | Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. | 1.0 |
48 | Mark Lamberti | 64 | Imperial Holdings Ltd. | 0.8 |
49 | Thabo Dloti | 44 | Liberty Holdings Ltd. | 0.8 |
50 | Sipho Maseko | 45 | Telkom SA SOC Ltd. | 1.7 |
51 | Phil Roux | 48 | Pioneer Food Group Ltd. | 1.7 |
52 | Michael Mark | 62 | Truworths International Ltd. | 23.5 |
53 | Martin Slabbert | 43 | New Europe Property Investments plc | 7.2 |
54 | Guy Hayward | 49 | Massmart Holdings Ltd. | 0.6 |
55 | Richard Rushton | 51 | Distell Group Ltd. | 1.1 |
56 | Andre de Ruyter | 45 | Nampak Ltd. | 0.7 |
57 | Marcel von Aulock | 40 | Tsogo Sun Holdings Ltd. | 3.2 |
58 | Des de Beer | 53 | Resilient Property Income Fund Ltd. | 12.5 |
59 | Doug Murray | 57 | Foschini Group Ltd. | 7.0 |
60 | Graham O'Connor | 58 | Spar Group | 0.9 |
61 | Piet Mouton | 37 | PSG Group Ltd. | 4.6 |
62 | Simon Crutchley | 51 | AVI Ltd. | 9.2 |
63 | Ian Kirk | 57 | Santam Ltd. | 7.5 |
64 | Mike Schmidt | 55 | African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. | 2.8 |
65 | Richard Brasher | 53 | Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. | 1.9 |
66 | Pieter Prinsloo | 65 | Hyprop Investments Ltd. | 3.6 |
67 | Barry Stuhler | 57 | Capital Property Fund Ltd. | 3.6 |
68 | Peter Staude | 62 | Tongaat Hulett Ltd. | 12.6 |
69 | Clive Thomson | 48 | Barloworld Ltd. | 8.0 |
70 | Christopher Cory | 63 | Assore Ltd. | 10.6 |
71 | Steve Binnie | 46 | Sappi Ltd. | 0.5 |
72 | Neal Froneman | 55 | Sibanye Gold Ltd. | 2.0 |
73 | David Kneale | 60 | Clicks Group Ltd. | 9.0 |
74 | Spiro Noussis | 43 | Rockcastle Global Real Estate Company Ltd. | 0.6 |
75 | Ben Magara | 47 | Lonmin plc | 1.5 |
76 | Mark Dytor | 53 | AECI Ltd. | 1.8 |
77 | Alan Olivier | 54 | Grindrod Ltd. | 8.0 |
78 | Miles Dally | 58 | RCL Foods Ltd. | 11.9 |
79 | Morne Wilken | 43 | Attacq Ltd. | 3.5 |
80 | John Copelyn | 64 | Hosken Consolidated Investments Ltd. | 18.0 |
81 | Darryll Castle | 45 | PPC Ltd. | -0.1 |
82 | Paul Dunne | 51 | Northam Platinum Ltd. | 0.8 |
83 | Mark Stevens | 46 | Fortress Income Fund Ltd. | 5.2 |
84 | Asher Bohbot | 62 | EOH Holdings Ltd. | 17.0 |
85 | Graeme Stephens | 51 | Sun International Ltd. | 1.9 |
86 | Francois Kuttel | 45 | Oceana Group Ltd. | 5.5 |
87 | Edward Kieswetter | 56 | Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Ltd. | 5.0 |
88 | Neil Jowell | 81 | Trencor Ltd. | 42.0 |
89 | Michael Watters | 55 | Redefine International P.L.C. | 1.1 |
90 | Rod Humphris | 57 | Omnia Holdings Ltd. | 16.0 |
91 | Paul O'Flaherty | 51 | ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd. | 0.5 |
92 | Jens Montanana | 52 | Datatec Ltd. | 28.9 |
93 | Jo Grove | 65 | KAP Industrial Holdings Ltd. | 2.7 |
94 | Alan Dickson | 44 | Reunert Ltd. | 0.2 |
95 | Kevin Hedderwick | 61 | Famous Brands Ltd. | 4.6 |
96 | Gavin Dalgleish | 48 | Illovo Sugar Ltd. | 1.3 |
97 | Norman Celliers | 41 | Zeder Investments Ltd. | 2.4 |
98 | Peter Mountford | 56 | Super Group Ltd. | 5.4 |
99 | Nick Booth | 54 | Italtile Ltd. | 0.5 |
100 | Nicky Newton-King | 48 | JSE Ltd | 3.0 |