Nathan Kirsh
Ezulwini, Swaziland
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Witwatersrand
Swaziland
retail, real estate, Self Made
$5,000,000,000
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#365 Billionaires 2019
The bulk of Nathan "Natie" Kirsh's fortune comes from Jetro Holdings, which owns restaurant supply stores Jetro Cash and Carry and Restaurant Depot.Kirsh owns 70% of the company, which supplies wholesale goods to bodegas, small stores and restaurants.Kirsh made his first fortune in his native Swaziland, where he launched a corn milling business in 1958.He expanded into wholesale food distribution in apartheid South Africa, and then into supermarkets and commercial property development.
He owns one of London's tallest skyscrapers, Tower 42, which is home to more than 50 international companies.His charitable efforts focus on Swaziland, where he has supplied more than 12,000 people with starter capital for small businesses.
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