Annually, forbes africa identifies the continents billionaires. In 1880 there were 9 christoffel families living in new york. By john campbell annually, forbes africa identifies the continents billionaires. Wiese attended stellenbosch university, from where he received ba and llb degrees.
Read christo wiese by tj strydom for free with a 30 day free trial. The 73yearold south african retail billionaire is musing on the threat to his african. Witness christo wiese, the selfmade billionaire who is throwing his considerable clout behind helping the poor own their homes. When it comes to creating wealth, america still reigns supreme. Todd parr includes adopted families, stepfamilies, oneparent families, and families with two parents of the same sex, as well as the traditional nuclear family. Jacob wiese age, baby, wife, wedding, parents, instagram. Jacob wieses contribution to the countrys economy is significant. Christoffel wies parents are japie basson and clare. Christoffel nobel is a european strong lager style beer brewed by bierbrouwerij sint christoffel b. South africas richest people in 2017 how south africa.
Dr nel, christoffel benjamin, is a healthcare practitioner, specialising as a rheumatologist, in universitas, bloemfontein, free state, south africa. Christoffel hendrik wiese was born on month day 1950, to hendrik adriaan watermeyer wiese and gertruida johanna gertie wiese born van schalkwyk. New york had the highest population of christoffel families in 1880. Robert wiese was born in the pommern area of prussia. Gravestone of christoffel laurie and cornelia wiese. The tax assessment for wiese is the largest in south african history and potentially makes wiese the largest individual tax. The second hypermarket shoprite group expands at rosebelle. Short forms include chris, christie, kristof, and stoffel.
Genealogy profile for christoffel coetzee christoffel coetzee 1945 1999 genealogy genealogy for christoffel coetzee 1945 1999 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of. We are family hardcover march 7, 2017 by patricia hegarty author, ryan wheatcroft illustrator 4. Christoffel wiese biography and awards informationcradle. The wiese family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. Genealogy profile for christoffel hendrik wiese christoffel hendrik wiese 1906 1970 genealogy genealogy for christoffel hendrik wiese 1906 1970 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. The most christoffel families were found in the usa in 1920. When you find a useful new resource, go to the right linkpendium page. The full list of every american billionaire 2016 forbes. The page password is the city where the reunion was last held. The secret fundamentalism at the heart of american power paperback june 2, 2009.
This was the time when the first store of the shoprite nigeria supermarkets was opened in the country. Christoffel wiese family, family tree celebrity family. There are so many different types of families, and the family book celebrates them all in a funny, silly, and reassuring way. Christoffel is a dutch and afrikaans cognate of the masculine given name christopher. Christoffel married anna elisabeth frieda schmidt on month day 1924, at age 30 at marriage place. Christoffel hendrik wiese, meist nur christo wiese 10. With massive investments in multinational companies and his business acumen as well as personallyowned companies, his dimension of business operations is second to none.
Christoffel johannes wiese was born circa 1894, at birth place, to johannes coert wiese and catharina anthonia van benten. Christo wieses soft side helping poor people own their. This also includes south africas richest people at the beginning of year 2017. Michael wiese was born circa 1863, at birth place, to johann michael wiese and emilia wiese born tessmann. Wiese studied at paarl boys high school in the western cape region of south africa.
He also owns a large stake in discount clothes, shoes and textiles chain pepkor, where he is executive chairman. The silence of the media and politicians on the criminal. Shoprite, a supermarket chain consisting of eight chains, based in cape town has flourished under the leadership of christoffel wies. Risiko en rykdom afrikaans edition kindle edition by tj strydom.
Wieses son, daniel wiese, has been on steinhoffs board since last year. In 2010 a westminster district court subsequently found that the money was from money laundering and ordered forfeiture thereof. The second hypermarket shoprite group sets up in belle rose. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Christo wiese has never shied away from a risky business deal. Like his father, he is determined to make it in the business sector by collaborating with other successful business people. Christo is happily married to his wife caro wiese, and their marriage is blessed with three children jacob, christiana and. View the profiles of people named fabian christoffel.
The christoffel family name was found in the usa, and canada between 1880 and 1920. The most committed capitalists always operate from a base of enlightened self interest. Jacques pauw, city press johannesburg the thirdrichest man in the country, billionaire shoprite boss christo wiese, owes the taxman an estimated r2bn in unpaid taxes. There are 17,275 people with the last name wiese displayed over 216 pages. This was about 32% of all the recorded christoffels in the usa. My great grandfather is dirk petrus varqualyn wiese b. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Wiese grew up in upington in northern cape, the biggest but least populated province in the country, and his father was a smalltown businessman and farmer. Linkpendium s goal is to index every genealogy, geneology. Debeers diamonds chair nicky oppenheimer, retail mogul christo wiese, the ackerman family trust which holds a stake in pick n pay holding, ceo adrian gore and barry swartzberg were among rich. Amina j mohammed biography of the deputy secretarygeneral of united.
The outlets of the company the journey of shoprite in nigeria began in victoria island, lagos. Christo wiese family christo is happily married to his wife caro wiese, and their marriage is blessed with three children jacob, christiana and clare. Hendrik wiese born 10 september 1941 is a south african businessman and former billionaire. Christoffel wiese is married and has three children christina wiese, jacob daniel wiese and clare wiese. Hendrik wiese held the position of director at a discount clothing chain pepkor. South african billionaire christo wiese prepares for move.
September 1941 in upington, sudafrika, ist ein sudafrikanischer unternehmer. Christoffel van zyl loodgieters northern suburbs wes. Read christo wiese online by tj strydom books free 30day. Alamy but his first attempt to crack britain with poundstretcher and your more store was not a roaring success. Another 250 words 18 lines of text covering the years 1275, 33, 50, 1450, 1456, 1500, 1690, 1702, and 1821 are included under the topic early wiese history in all our pdf extended history products and printed products wherever possible. Christoffel wies has three children one son jacob wiese and two daughters christina wiese, and clare wiese. Christo wiese once the owner of a diamond mine, a wine farm and the.
Johann was born on august 22 1828, in culmsee 53 11 n 18 37 e, torunwest prussia, kujewskopomorskie, poland. Join facebook to connect with wiese francis and others you may know. One key to a successful wiese reunion is preparation, and for the family researcher that means getting the word out in advance on what to bring such as the family photo collection. People know that i am 75 years old, and i, fortunately, have a son who is in business with me, but as a family, we are continually looking at. Join facebook to connect with fabian christoffel and others you may know. Lailans, meet the owner of shoprite, mr christo wiese, a south african billionaire. Fortune magazines new owner is member of thailands richest family. Hendrik was born on december 25 1908, in bloemfontein, free state, south africa. New look, british retailer, to be acquired by brait of.
The most wiese families were found in the usa in 1920. Indiana and 2 other states had the highest population of wiese families in 1840. Roberts wife, bertha wuske was from a town close to bochow, called new malzkow see the wuske pages and maps. Subsaharan africas billionaires african current events. When david and goliath go and start in a new country, they are both the same size, says christo wiese. South africas third richest man, christoffel wiese, is the chairman and the largest single shareholder of africas biggest retailer, lowpriced supermarket chain shoprite. This was about 29% of all the recorded wieses in the usa. Marian hobbs, associate minister for special education. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Since acquiring pep stores, he has built an impressive business empire which. Christo wiese has become one of the financial giants that control the economy of south africa. Christoffel wiese built his pepkor retail empire by offering bargain prices in south africa, and expanded. Christoffel family trees, crests, genealogy, dna, more. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Subsaharan africa has 14 billionaires, eight of whom are in south africa and seven of whom are white. The shoprite has expanded to include franchises in various locations. The family book was officially launched in september 2004 by. Or perhaps if the family business was not something you could see yourself. The economic landscape of the southern region sinnove.
Braits largest shareholder is christoffel wiese, a south african billionaire and the former chairman of the investment holding company pepkor, which operates pep, africas largest single. Christoffel wiese historical records and family trees. Christoffel nobel bierbrouwerij sint christoffel b. Early history of the wiese family this web page shows only a small excerpt of our wiese research.
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