INTERVIEW
Isuzu's new CEO is no regular Tom
Growing up poor and finishing matric at the ripe age of 21, Billy Tom has worked his way to great heights
11 June 2020 - 05:00
It was a difficult upbringing in the farming village of Alexandria in the Eastern Cape for a young Billy Tom.
“I grew up poor and due to life’s challenges I repeated Standard 7 (Grade 10) a record three times,” says Tom, as he recalled his childhood. “I drove trucks and tractors on the farm and eventually obtained my truck licence behind the big wheel of an Isuzu truck.”..
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