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Roelof Botha

Apr 1, 2021MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Roelof F. Botha born 19 September 1973 is a South African actuary, venture capitalist and company director. Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and currently sits on the boards of MongoDB, Jawbone, Eventbrite, Evernote, Bird, Ethos, Mahalo, Natera, Nimbula, Square, Tokbox, Tumblr, Unity, Whisper and Xoom. He also works with AssureRX, FutureAdvisor, Instagram, Mixpanel and MuSigma. He previously sat on the board of directors of Meebo and YouTube before they were each acquired by Google, as well as Weebly before they were acquired by Square.

Barney Barnato

Apr 1, 2021MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Barney Barnato 21 February 1851 – 14 June 1897, born Barnet Isaacs, was a British Randlord, one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later gold mining, in South Africa from the 1870s. He is perhaps best remembered as being a rival of Cecil Rhodes. Contents 1Early life 2Career 2.1Barnato Diamond Mining Company

Raymond Ackerman (businessman)

Apr 1, 2021MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Raymond Ackerman born 10 March 1931 is a South African businessman, who purchased the Pick ‘n Pay supermarket group from its founder. He purchased four stores from Jack Goldin in the 1960s. Raymond Ackerman was chairman until he stepped down in 2010. Contents 1Biography 2Family 3Consumer rights and community engagement 4Awards 5Books 6Bibliography 7References

Maggie Laubser

Apr 1, 2021MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Maria Magdalena Laubser /laʊbˈʃæ/; 14 April 1886 – 17 May 1973 was a South African painter and printmaker. She is generally considered, along with Irma Stern, to be responsible for the introduction of Expressionism to South Africa. Her work was initially met with derision by critics but has gained wide acceptance, and now she is regarded as an exemplary and quintessentially South African

William Kentridge

Apr 1, 2021MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

William Kentridge born 28 April 1955 is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. These are constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. He continues this process meticulously, giving each change to the drawing a quarter of a second to two seconds’ screen

Ronald Harrison

Apr 1, 2021MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Ronald Harrison 18 March 1940 – 28 June 2011 was a South African artist most well known for his thought provoking 1962 painting Black Christ. Life Harrison was born on 18 March 1940 to Jeanette and William Harrison in Athlone and he always showed a talent for art. At the age of eight he was on his

C. G. Finch-Davies

Apr 1, 2021MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Claude Gibney Finch-Davies 24 May 1875 – 4 August 1920 was a British soldier, ornithologist and painter who produced a series of paintings of birds of South Africa in the early part of the 20th century. Contents 1Life history 1.11897-1913 1.21914 – 1920 2Books 3References 4External links Life history He was born in Delhi, India, the

Clinton Fein

Apr 1, 2021MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Clinton Fein born 1964 in South Africa is an artist, writer and activist, noted for his company Apollomedia and its controversial website Annoy.com and its Supreme Court victory against Janet Reno, United States Attorney General, regarding the constitutionality of the Communications Decency Act in 1997. This victory, a landmark for First Amendment rights, won Fein’s right to disseminate his art. Fein won another federal First Amendment lawsuit to remove

Garth Erasmus

Apr 1, 2021MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Garth Erasmus born April 12,1956, in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa is a South African artist who works in several media, including painting. Contents 1Early life and education 2Career 3Sources 4References 5External links Early life and education He attended Paterson High School in Port Elizabeth and later attended a teachers training program at Hewat Training College

Leon Botha

Apr 1, 2021MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Leon Botha 4 June 1985 – 5 June 2011 was a South African painter and disk jockey. He was known for his close association with the hip hop group Die Antwoord, as well as for being one of the world’s longest-lived persons with progeria. Biography Botha was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and lived there