Fortune Mojapelo
Full Name: Fortune Tsepo Mojapelo
Position: CEO of Bushveld Minerals since March 2012
Main Activity of the Company: Mineral exploration and developing iron-ore and tin projects on the Bushveld Igneous Complex of South Africa
Date and Place of Birth: April 6, 1976, Zimbabwe
Education: ‘A’ Levels, Fletcher High School, Zimbabwe; BSc (actuarial science), University of Cape Town
First Job: Business analyst at McKinsey & Company
Size of First Pay Packet: R15 000 a month
Value of the Assets under Your Control: About R750-million
Number of People under Your Leadership: 20
Management Style: Consensus-driven but not at the expense of prerogative, responsibility and accountability for decision-making; commitment to personal development; and meritocracy in recognising and rewarding performance
Personal Best Achievement: My family
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: God (through providence) and my business partners, Professor Richard Viljoen, Professor Morris Viljoen and Anthony Viljoen
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Myles Munro
Person Who Has Impressed You Most in Business: Several, including Sipho Nkosi, Patrice Motsepe and Strive Masiyiwa – people who personify the creed ‘Who dares wins’
Philosophy of Life: We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, but only borrow it from future generations
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Entering into a partnership with the Viljoens
Biggest Ever Disappointment: The failure of my first entrepreneurial venture when I was a student – in hindsight, the lessons and opportunities have been too good to term that experience a disappointmen
Hope for the Future: That Africa, and more specifically South Africa, fully realises the potential of its natural resources
Favourite Reading: The Bible, philosophy and biographies
Favourite TV Programme: News channels, Supersport Blitz and the History channel
Favourite Food/Drink: None, really/a good red wine
Favourite Music: All sorts – there are gems in every genre
Favourite Sport: Soccer, golf and tennis
Hobbies: Golf, cooking and reading
Car: Mercedes-Benz
Pets: Dogs
Dislikes: Presumptuousness
Married: To Sazini Mojapelo
Children: Modise, Mosa and Destiny
Clubs: Country Club Johannesburg
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