Koos Bekker is a South African billionaire businessman and the chairman of media group Naspers. He had a childhood as a farm boy in the town of Heidelberg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Jacobus Petrus Koos Bekker Date of Birth 14 December 1952 (age 69 years old) Gender Male Spouse Karen Roos Occupation Businessman, Nationality South African.He is married to Karen Roos and together they have 4 children.He had his secondary education at Hoer Volkskool Heidelberg, South Africa. Afterward, he earned a BA in Literature and BA Law from Stellenbosch University in the year 1972 and 1975 respectively. He then bagged an LLB from the University of Witwatersrand in 1978 and an MBA degree from the Columbia Business Administration, in 1984.
As of 2019, Koos Bekker has a net worth of $2.3 billion making him one of the richest men in Africa. He is also part of the list of top ten richest people in South Africa, holding the third position. Koos Bekker’s net worth now stands at USD 2.3 billion.“For a group to be great, both good governance and excellent execution are required. It’s not one or the other.” “Entrepreneurship is a little bit like farming when you start you do everything, you make a team, you do the Photostats machine and as the business grows, it diversifies but certainly, the improvisation of a farm is extremely useful in business.”