OBITUARY: Eric Samson — the mogul who made the Nelson Mandela Children’s hospital a reality
Samson, who died at his home in Newport, California on Tuesday, has continued to donate R1m to the hospital every July on Mandela’s birthday
Tributes from around the world have flowed in for the late SA steel mogul and renowned philanthropist Eric Samson, who died at his home in Newport, California on Tuesday at the age of 83 after a long illness. In a business career spanning six decades Samson, primarily through steel and real-estate assets, was responsible for building his company, MacSteel, into one of the largest privately owned companies in SA and an international trading and shipping business operating in over 35 countries across three continents.
In addition to his business successes, Samson was also famed for his extraordinary record in philanthropic field. In a statement following his death, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies described him as “a visionary leader and nation builder and a man of unsurpassed generosity” while Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein referred to him in his tribute as one of the greatest philanthropists ever produced by the SA Jewish community...
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