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Sibusiso Mabuza

15th June 2018

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

     

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Full Name: Sibusiso Mabuza

Position: Founder and CEO of Aluwani Capital Partners, an independent black-owned investment management business that recently announced the launch of the Aluwani Mining Fund, capped at R5-billion

Main Activity of the Company: Accepting investors’ capital and investing it on their behalf

Date and Place of Birth: March 23, 1976, Kanyamazane, Mpumalanga

Education: Primary schooling and high schooling in Kanyamazane; BCom (finance), University of the Western Cape,1998

First Job: Contract employee at Investec Asset Management while still completing final year at university, 1998

Size of First Pay Packet: Take-home pay of R2 800.32 – I still have the payslip

Value of Assets under Your Control: More than R57-billion worth of assets under management

Number of People under Your Leadership: 42

Management Style: Accessible within an open-plan office environment; acknowledgment that my success is inextricably linked to the people I work with

Personal Best Achievement: My wife and daughters

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My late father, Norman Mabuza, and his older brother and my uncle, Dr EJ Mabuza

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Hendrik du Toit, founding CEO of Investec Asset Management

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Jean Liu, president of Didi Chuxing, China’s largest mobile transport platform

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Jeff Bizos

Philosophy of Life: Do not hold grudges. If something goes wrong, learn from it – mistakes are learning opportunities of note; once you have learnt from your mistakes, move on from them properly, and do not dwell on them

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Portfolio management role at Cadiz Asset Management and being CEO of RMB Asset Management

Biggest Ever Disappointment: In keeping with my philosophy of life, I move on from disappointment properly

Hope for the Future: A safe and prosperous South Africa

Favourite Reading: Fiction

Favourite TV Programme: The Big Bang Theory

Favourite Food/Drink: No particular favourite food or drink

Favourite Music: Hip hop

Favourite Sport: Soccer

Hobbies: Golf

Car: My favourite car is a Golf GTI

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Laziness

Married: Yes

Children: Two daughters

Clubs: No, I do not belong to any clubs

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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