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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.3B
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Dow Jones Description

Media Holding Company

Number of Employees 12,067
Contact Information

40 Heerengracht

PO Box 2271

Cape Town 8001

www.naspers.co....

(27) 214062121

NAICS Code Advertising Agencies: 541810

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Koos Bekker CEO
Salie de Swardt CEO, Media24
Mark Sorour Chief Investment Officer
Steve Pacak CFO
Antonie Roux
Craig White
Francois Theron
George Coetzee Secretary
Glen Marques
Jan Malherbe
Jan Steenkamp
Lambert Retief
Patricia Scholtemeyer
Steve Ward

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Ton Vosloo Chairman
Ben Van Der Ross Board of Directors
Boetie Van Zyl Board of Directors
Francine-Ann Du Plessis Board of Directors
Fred Phaswana Board of Directors
Hein Willemse Board of Directors
Jakes Gerwel Board of Directors
Lourens Jonker Board of Directors
Neil Van Heerden Board of Directors
Rachel Jafta Board of Directors

Koos Bekker led the founding team of M-Net in 1985, serving as chief executive of the MIH group until 1997. He was also a founding director of MTN. He is a director of Media24, MIH B.V., MIH Mauritius, MIH Holdings, MultiChoice South Africa Holdings and other companies in the wider group. He also serves on the local organising committee for the Fifa Soccer World Cup 2010 and the council of the University of Stellenbosch. He has been chief executive of Naspers since 1997. Koos rejoined the board on 1 April 2008 after a one-year sabbatical.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited CEO Current
Naspers Limited CEO Former

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited CEO, Media24 Current

Mark Sorour is a qualified Chartered Accountant who previously held various positions in the audit and corporate finance divisions of PricewaterhouseCoopers. After qualifying he spent 5 years as an investment banker. In 1994 he joined MIH, the international division of the Naspers group, where he headed up business development throughout Africa, the Middle East, Thailand, China, Europe, USA and Asia. This included being relocated to Hong Kong and the Netherlands as corporate finance and acquisitions general manager. With the restructure of the Naspers group in 2002, Mark returned with his family to Cape Town as Chief Investment Officer, heading up the corporate finance and M&A function for the Naspers and MIH groups.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Chief Investment Officer Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers Former

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited CFO Current
Naspers Limited CFO Current

Antonie Roux joined the Naspers group in 1979 and was a founding member of M-Net in 1985. In 1997, Mr. Roux was appointed chief executive officer of M-Web South Africa. Currently, he is chief executive officer of internet operations, a position he has held since 2002.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Current

Craig White joined MIH in September 1998. He has been based in Asia since May 1999 and has been responsible for starting MIH’s Internet and mobile businesses in India, Thailand and Singapore. He has more than 12 years of experience in Internet business and a further 10 years experience in the Computing and Telecommunications industry. Craig is an Electrical Engineer by profession and has an MBA. He is married and has three children.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Current

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Current

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Secretary Current

Glen Marques began his career with the Naspers group in 1997 as director of business development for SuperSport International Holdings Limited and in 1999 he was appointed chief operations officer of SuperSport. Prior to joining the group, he worked as senior legal adviser to the South African Independent Broadcasting Authority and executive director of the National Association of Broadcasters. He was appointed as M-Net chief executive officer in May 2000. In 2008 Glen was appointed CEO of MediaZone Inc based in San Francisco. In 2009 the business was relocated to South Africa and consolidated into DSTV On-Line the business unit that houses all of the Multichoice new media operations.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Current
University of Natal LLB Former
Rhodes University Bachelor of Journalism Former

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Current

Jan Steenkamp has been with the Naspers group since 1985 serving in various management positions until he became chief executive officer of OpenTV in 1997. Mr. Steenkamp served as chairman of OpenTV until the group sold its interest in OpenTV in August 2002. Currently, he is the CEO of Entriq.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Current
Entriq, Inc. CEO Former
Naspers Limited Chief Executive Officer of Opentv Former
Swiss Re Asia-Pacific CFO Former
Galaxy Corporation Former

Director of Naspers, Media24 and chairman of Paarl Media Group, former CEO of Paarl Media, non-executive director of Zeder Investments Ltd. Previous chair of PIFSA (Printing Industries Federation of Southern Africa) and Provincial Press Union.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Current

Patricia Scholtemeyer is the CEO of M-Net. She was appointed to this position in March 2008. Prior to this she spent nine years in the group as the head of the magazine division – Media24 Magazines. Prior to joining the Naspers group she was CEO of the business magazine division at Avusa (formerly Johncom.) Patricia has a BA degree and an MBA from the Wits Business School.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Current

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Former

Ton Vosloo became managing director of Naspers Limited in 1984, serving as non-executive chairman since 1997. He served as a journalist from 1956 to 1983 and as editor of Beeld from 1977 to 1983. He is a director of Media24, MultiChoice South Africa Holdings and chairman of MIH B.V., MIH Mauritius and MIH Holdings and independent non-executive chairman of the board of Naspers. He is a former chairman of Sanlam, M-Net and the WWF (SA).

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Chairman Current
Naspers Limited Chairman Current

Ben van der Ross is chairman of RMB Asset Management (Pty) Limited. He also serves on the company boards of Momentum Life, FirstRand, Pick ‘n Pay Stores Limited and Lewis Stores Limited.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Board of Directors Current

Boetie van Zyl is a member of the boards of MIH Holdings, MIH Mauritius, MIH B.V., Media24 and Murray & Roberts and a trustee and director of Peace Parks in South Africa. He is chairman of the Naspers audit and risk management committee, a member of the audit and risk management committee of MIH and Media24, as well as a member of the human resources and nomination committees of Media24 and Naspers.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Board of Directors Current

Francine-Ann du Plessis is a director of Loubser du Plessis Inc, chartered accountants, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South Africa, the KWV group, Sanlam and South African Airways. Adv du Plessis is a member of the audit and risk management committee of Naspers.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Board of Directors Current

Hein Willemse is a member of the boards or a trustee of various organisations and community bodies. Prof Willemse is head of the department of Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Board of Directors Current

Jakes Gerwel joined the Naspers group as a director in 1999. He is a former directorgeneral in the office of past president Nelson Mandela, secretary to the cabinet and rector of the University of the Western Cape. Prof Gerwel is chancellor of Rhodes University and the chairman of Brimstone Investment Corporation, South African Airways, Media24 and Welkom Yizani. He is a member of the executive and the human resources and nomination committees of Media24 and Naspers.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Board of Directors Current

Lourens Jonker is the owner of Weltevrede Wine Estate near Bonnievale in South Africa. He is a director of Absa and a former chairman of the KWV group.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Board of Directors Current

Neil van Heerden is a trustee of the University of the Western Cape, former executive director of the South Africa Foundation (now Business Leadership) and a director of Via Afrika and other companies.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Board of Directors Current

Rachel Jafta is an associate professor in economics at Stellenbosch University and a director of Econex. Prof Jafta is the chairperson of the Helen Suzman Foundation and a board member of the South African Institute of Race Relations. She is a member of the audit and risk management committee of Naspers, chairperson of the Media24 audit and risk management committee and serves on the Media24 board. She is chairperson of the Rachel’s Angels empowerment project.

Organization Position Status
Naspers Limited Board of Directors Current
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