Natie Kirsh sold a $29 billion business in America. South Africans are asking whether he could have done it at home

Billionaires Africa | 10.04.2026 20:21
Natie Kirsh, the South African-born founder of Jetro Restaurant Depot, sold his American wholesale food empire for $29.1 billion last month, becoming Africa's second richest person at $17.1 billion and handing South Africa's business press one of its most pointed questions in years: could he have done it there?