ANALYSE THIS: Ashburton Investments' Jason Forssman
We analyse Jason Forssman, fund manager at Ashburton Investments. If someone came to you tomorrow with R100m to invest in just one company, which would it be? We live in a world where the digitisation of everything is inevitable. The winners of the future are companies that not only understand the opportunities presented by this process but are the drivers thereof and have a clear ability to monetise their outputs. For now the most comfortable investment in this space would be Alphabet (Google). Which talent would you most like to possess? Apart from singing (my daughter says I am terrible) I wish I had the talent of archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu, who is able to cut through all barriers and engage on a direct and personal level with almost any person. What was your first job? As a youngster I pretty much did all the menial jobs you can think of — from being a construction worker and a security guard to selling hot dogs from a food wagon and acting as waiter/barman and random entr...
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