BACKSTORY: Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s Brent Williams
Financial Mail questions Brent Williams, Chief Executive Officer of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr What is the one investment you wish you had made, or made earlier? Buying Naspers shares. What was your first job? The first job that really had a profound effect on my life was my time as a cashier at Woolworths. This is where I learnt what it is like to work for a great retail company, what customer service means and how to take care of your staff. What are you reading at the moment? What’s the one book everyone should read before they die? My Own Liberator, by former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke. The book everyone should read before they die is Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty. Nominate your eighth wonder of the world. Good coffee. What’s the most interesting thing about you that people don’t know? I love cooking — my signature dish is chicken curry. Which phrase or word do you most overuse? "It’s complicated." What is your biggest indulgence? It has to be my...
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