But, did Lauritz scale the ladder of success singlehandedly?
His senses for largesse lean more towards the matters of education.
He was born on October 25th, 1948.
Lauritz Dippenaar enjoying the outdoors. Photo: BrandPowerSource: Twitter
The couple has three children together.
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He attended classes at Pretoria University and graduated with a master of commerce degree.
Beyond that, he is a qualified chartered accountant with KPMG.
Together with Gerrit Ferreira and Paul Harris, he founded Rand Consolidated Investing in 1977.
Pretoria University studios. Photo: Varsity StudiosSource: Instagram
Dippenarr had the privilege of serving as FirstRands first chief executive officer, a position he held until 2005.
Thereafter, he was chosen to serve as the organizations non-executive chairman in 2008.
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Successful applicants can go for a course of their choice provided that it is in an internationally recognized university.
The scholarship is worth R350,000 or USD 37,000, and it covers a maximum of two years.
His current net worth is estimated at 650 million dollars.
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Mr Dippenaar has had a very illustrious business career mostly serving in top executive positions.
Overall, he has headed at least eleven different companies and sat on the board of nineteen other companies.
Eventually, they were slapped with a $150,000 penalty.
Lauritz Dippenaar, the co-founder of FirstRand Bank. Photo: BlueBizSource: Twitter
The Lauritz Dippenaar story is a great source of inspiration to upcoming entrepreneurs in South Africa and beyond.
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She has a Bachelor of Commerce & IT from the University of Nairobi and joined Briefly.co.za in November 2019.
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