Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Green Energy, Leadership, South Africa, Technology
Jeff Nolan posted on the ousting of Tesla’s co-founder Eberhard. The San Jose Mercury broke the news. Here is the Tesla Motors press release, and the rumors on the Tesla Motors Club forum. In a previous post I mentioned that Elon Musk is the main investor and chairman of Tesla Motors. I want one, these [...]
Posted on December 4th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
The Sunday Times of South Africa recently announced South Africa’s billionaire’s club (In South African Rand, divide by ~7 to get to USD). You can find the article here (You may have to register to get to the list). Here is the top ten list: 1. Lakshmi Mittal of Mittel Steel SA – ZAR27bn ($4bn), [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Green Energy, Leadership, South Africa, Technology
Even though Lyndon Rive is the architect and builder of a successful IT company and now serves as CEO of a growing solar power operation, the most interesting thing about this 30-year-old South African may be that he plays mid-mid position on the (and I’m not making this up) U.S. Men’s Underwater Hockey Team. The [...]
Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Green Energy, South Africa
I’m finally getting round to blogging about successful South African businesspeople. At 36 and with a net worth of over $300 million, Elon Musk is one of America’s richest people under the age of 40. After two extremely successful ventures in the dot-com world, he is now focusing on space exploration and earth-friendly technology. Musk [...]
Posted on March 29th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, South Africa
As a South African businessman living in the US, I’m always interested to find and research other successful South African businesspeople in America. This is the start of a series that will continue until I run out of people to profile. South Africa is known for a number of famous people. Nelson Mandela, Ernie Els, [...]
