Nathan Kirsh
Nathan Kirsh (born 6 January 1932) is a business magnate born in Potchefstroom, South Africa, with a property empire spanning Australia, Swaziland, and the UK. He has Swazi citizenship, and according to Forbes he is the wealthiest person in Swaziland, and the 435th wealthiest person in the world as of 2015. He also has residency status in the UK and the US.
Education
Kirsh grew up in Potchefstroom, where he attended and matriculated from Potchefstroom Boys High in 1949 before obtaining a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Witwatersrand and a Honorary Doctorate of Law at the University of Swaziland.
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Kirsh left South Africa permanently for Swaziland in 1986 after a business partnership between his company, Kirsh Industries, and Sanlam, one of South Africa’s leading financial services groups, unravelled.
His main holding group, Kirsh Holdings Group, owns Swazi Plaza Properties – his biggest interest in that country – in a 50/50 partnership with the government-owned Swaziland Industrial Development Company (SIDC).
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