South African tycoon Sello Moloko went from teaching maths to a multi-million-dollar investment group
Billionaires Africa | 14.09.2026 15:49
Sello Moloko qualified as a maths teacher and took his first pay cheque at R180 a month. Four decades later he controls Thesele Group, a wholly black-owned investment company holding a fifth of one of South Africa's largest asset managers, all of a power equipment manufacturer, a national car rental fleet, six motor dealerships and a water treatment business that has worked in more than 20 countries.
