ANALYSE THIS: Old Mutual’s Andrew Dittberner
We analyse CIO at Old Mutual Private Client Securities Andrew Dittberner
If someone came to you tomorrow with R100m to invest in just one company, which would it be? The Walt Disney Company. It is easy to forget the role it played in your childhood until you have children of your own. The magic of storytelling and fantasy the films and their characters bring is undeniably powerful. This business has been around for a very long time, and will continue to do so. Which talent would you most like to have? Not that I believe in it, but if it were possible, having a talent for clairvoyance would be amazing. I would then probably not be answering these questions right now. What was your first job? Doing whatever odd jobs came my way in Ipswich, England. I did not have a working visa at the time, so needed cash in hand. The jobs included cleaning chicken pens, mowing rugby fields and serving beers in a rugby club. I cannot recall the exact order, though. If you could fix one thing in SA today, what would it be? The list is long, but a quick win would be to priva...
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