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James Wellwood "Whitey" Basson (born 8 January 1946) is a South African businessman and billionaire who was largely responsible for growing a small business called Shoprite from an 8-store chain valued at R1 million [2] into an international retail conglomerate with revenue in 2019 of R150 billion, market capitalisation of R114 billion, more than 2 300 stores and 140 000 employees across 15 ...
The name was changed to Willow Grove or simply The Willows, a name suggested by Louw’s wife. In 1902, Christiaan Marais acquired The Willows and significantly developed Wilgenhof starting in 1903. Wilgenhof was established as a residence for students from other parts of South Africa continuing their studies.
Things took a big shift in 1971 when van Rooyen approached Whitey Basson to become the financial director of the new retail chain that van Rooyen had founded. Van Rooyen was planning to list the company on the JSE as Pepkor. [5] Basson agreed to join the company as financial director and in 1974 became head of operations. [6]
Shoprite Holdings announced at the company's Annual General Meeting held on 31 October 2016 that the company's Chief Executive Officer, Whitey Basson, decided to retire at the end of December 2016. The board appointed Pieter Engelbrecht (born c. 1970), the former Chief Operating Officer, as the incoming CEO as of 1 January 2017.
James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. (/ ˈ b ʌ l dʒ ər / ⓘ; September 3, 1929 – October 30, 2018) was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish Mob group in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, a city directly northwest of Boston.
Vanessa Kay Trump [1] (née Pergolizzi, later Haydon; born December 18, 1977) is the former wife of Donald Trump Jr.; they were married from 2005 to 2018. Early life
Lisa Anne Haapaniemi was born in Houston, Texas, the only daughter of six children born to Finnish American family of Edmond Melvin Haapaniemi, a Red Cross worker, and Edna Karin Haapaniemi (née Hyttinen), a registered nurse. [1]
She was born as Giannina Facio Franco on September 10, 1955, in San José, Costa Rica to lawyer, politician and diplomat Gonzalo Facio Segreda (1918–2018) and his second wife, Ana Franco Calzia (1930–2003). She has two sisters, Ana Catalina and Carla.