Sociology graduate turned investment banker Sambulo Zungu is living proof that it takes a variety of skill sets to find success in the world of investment banking. At only 27, the Eshowe, KwaZulu Natal-born associate at Rothschild has been closely involved in advising some of the country's tier 1 companies on mergers and acquisitions as well as black economic empowerment. Sociology graduate turned investment banker Sambulo Zungu is living proof that it takes a variety of skill sets to find success in the world of investment banking. At only 27, the Eshowe, KwaZulu Natal-born associate at Rothschild has been closely involved in advising some of the country's tier 1 companies on mergers and acquisitions as well as black economic empowerment.For a man whose passion was international relations rather than discounted cash flow models, the move to banking was accidental. One would have expected Zungu, as a recipient of the Ruth First Prize for the best third-year university research proje...
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