Christo Wiese is a significant shareholder in a range of businesses throughout the world. He holds large stakes in Shoprite Holdings Limited (Africa’s largest fast-moving consumer goods retail company), Brait PLC (an investment holding company), including direct stakes in Premier Holdings Ltd and Virgin Active International Investments Limited, Collins Property Group REIT and Invicta Holdings Ltd, all listed on the JSE. He is also an investor in a number of unlisted companies.
Dr Wiese has served on the boards of many of the largest South African listed companies over the years and is a past director of the SA Reserve Bank and former chairman of the Industrial Development Corporation of SA Ltd and Pepkor Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
During 2015, Dr Wiese was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards: the All-Africa Business Leaders Awards, as well as being inducted into the World Retail Hall of Fame.
Dr Wiese owns Lourensford Wine Estate, a producer of internationally acclaimed wines.
Dr Wiese holds a BA LLB D.Comm (h.c.) University of Stellenbosch, South Africa – obtained in 1967; D.Comm (Bus.Management) (h.c.) Nkhoma University, Malawi; and D.Tech: Marketing, Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
