Whitey: Sakereus van Shoprite

Voorwoord deur Johann Rupert

Niel Joubert

ISBN:

9780624089186

Epub ISBN:

9780624089193

Publisher:

Tafelberg

Date Released:

November 2022

Price (incl. VAT):

R 370.00

Format:

Soft cover, 384pp


About this book:

Whitey Basson, een van SA se suksesvolste sakeleiers, word beskryf as “geniaal”. Whitey het ’n legende geword toe hy, in SA se beroemdste oorname, die sukkelende OK Bazaars vir R1 gekoop het. In dié gemagtigde biografie vertel die bekroonde sakejoernalis Niel Joubert die volle storie van Whitey se opkoms en fabelagtige sukses. Van ’n paar klein winkels, gewaardeer teen R1 miljoen, het hy Shoprite in Afrika se grootste kleinhandelaar omskep – en die 35ste grootste kleinhandelaar in die wêreld.

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Readers say

“Whitey Basson is ’n visioenêre leier . . . Dis ’n eer en ’n voorreg om Whitey as ’n broer te kan beskou.”

— Patrice Motsepe


“Whitey het my groot lesse geleer, oor alles van liefdadigheid tot geduld tot vertroue.”

— Nataniël


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