We analyse Ann Leepile, head of Absa Asset Management. If someone came to you tomorrow with R100m to invest in just one company, which would it be? 50% would go into Kenyan telecoms firm Safaricom, a certain stock of the future; 50% into a private equity-type investment in the health-care business. Which talent would you most like to have? Might I say the ability to eat anything I want and not gain weight? Seriously though, foresight. It would be incredible to see what lies ahead but I’d also want the ability to turn it off whenever I choose. What was your first ever job? At Stuttafords on weekends when I was in matric. My first proper paying job was at JPMorgan Chase. The derivatives desk in London in 2002 was the most incredible learning experience. If you could fix one thing in SA today, what would it be? I am honestly stuck between the state of health care and the lack of quality education. If you could turn back time, what would you change in your life? I would spend less time ...
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