Strive Masiyiwa
$1.3B
Born
Jan 29, 1961
Age
64
Source of Wealth
Telecom
Residence
London,
Citizenship
Zimbabwe
Marital Status
Married
Children
6
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, University of Wales
- Strive Masiyiwa overcame protracted government opposition to launch mobile phone network Econet Wireless Zimbabwe in his country of birth in 1998.
- He owns 38% of publicly-traded Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, which is one part of his larger Econet Group, as well as roughly 33% of mobile phone-based money transfer firm EcoCash.
- Masiyiwa also owns a stake in private company Liquid Intelligent Technologies, which provides fiber optic and and cloud-based services to telecom firms across Africa.
- His other assets include investments in fintech and power distribution firms in Africa plus stock options in Netflix, where he has served on the board since December 2020.
- He and his wife Tsitsi founded the Higherlife Foundation, which supports orphaned and poor children in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi and Lesotho.
- After studying at university in Britain, Masiyiwa worked at ZPTC, Zimbabwe's phone company.
- He left ZPTC to start an engineering services firm, then sold it and founded Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, but had to battle the government in court for years.
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