Company · Telecommunications · Technology · founded 1993
Econet Global
Diversified telecommunications group with operations and investments in Africa, Europe, South America and the Asia-Pacific, controlled by its founder, Strive Masiyiwa.
Of the 1 person here linked to Econet Global, 1 is a founder and 1 is still there. 1 of them also appear at Netflix. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
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1 person at Econet Global
Founder Still there
Role
Founder and chairman (Chairman and Founder, Econet, on the group's own page), 1993–now
Also at
Source
· high confidence. The group page names him Chairman and Founder of Econet; Wikipedia says he started Econet Wireless in 1993 and gives his title as founder and executive chairman of Econet Global. The group page says he set up his first business in 1986; Reference for Business says he left the state telecom company (ZPTC) in 1988 to start Retrofit. The two dates disagree and neither source is decisive, so the profile attributes 1988 to Reference for Business. Residence: the group page says he lives in Jersey (its header field says South Africa), while Forbes and Wikipedia say London. Education: the group page says Cardiff University in one place and lists the University of Wales in another; Forbes, Wikipedia and Reference for Business say University of Wales. Cardiff was a constituent college of the University of Wales, so these may not conflict, but the profile keeps University of Wales.
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Strive Masiyiwa
Founder and Executive Chairman, Econet Global and Cassava Technologies
professional/entrepreneurial · some · college degree
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