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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