Dr Christo Wiese Sunday Times wins Top 100 Business Leader of the Year & Lifetime Achiever Award
Dr Christo Wiese was announced as the Sunday Times Top 100 Business Leader of the Year, and received the Lifetime Achiever Award - a first in the history of the Awards.
Mark Stevens, MD and CEO of Fortress Income Fund accepted the Top Company Award. With an average annual compound return of 72.70%, it earned top spot in the rankings. It is the first company in the property sector to receive this award and even more impressive since the company only listed on the JSE in 2009.
The Royal Companies are those that have been placed in the Top 20 positions of the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies for three consecutive years. In 2015, these companies are Coronation Fund Managers, EOH Holdings, Mondi, Mr Price Group, and Naspers.
Certain information usually contained in the Top 100 survey can be found in the Business Times section of the Sunday Times on 1 November 2015.
Top 100
RANK | Company | AVERAGE ANNUAL COMPOUND RETURN % |
1 | Fortress Income Fund | 72.70 |
2 | Trustco Group Holdings | 70.43 |
*3 | EOH Holdings | 69.38 |
4 | Taste Holdings | 53.06 |
*5 | Coronation Fund Managers | 51.47 |
6 | Afrimat | 49.38 |
7 | Brait Se | 48.28 |
8 | Capital & Counties Properties Plc | 47.76 |
9 | PSG Group | 47.27 |
10 | Onelogix Group | 45.53 |
*11 | Mondi Plc | 44.92 |
*12 | Naspers | 42.09 |
13 | New Europe Property Investments Plc | 42.07 |
14 | Conduit Capital | 42.06 |
15 | Super Group | 41.18 |
16 | Consolidated Infrastructure Group | 40.37 |
*17 | Mr Price Group | 40.06 |
18 | Cashbuild | 39.34 |
19 | Resilient Property Income Fund | 38.40 |
20 | Pioneer Foods Group | 38.07 |
21 | Steinhoff International Holdings | 36.94 |
22 | Famous Brands | 36.49 |
23 | Woolworths Holdings | 35.81 |
24 | Mediclinic International | 35.70 |
25 | AVI | 32.98 |
26 | Aspen Pharmacare Holdings | 32.87 |
27 | Discovery | 32.60 |
28 | Capitec Bank Holdings | 31.96 |
29 | Metair Investments | 31.67 |
30 | Afrocentric Investment Corporation | 31.47 |
31 | Zeder Investments | 31.39 |
32 | Oceana Group | 30.90 |
33 | FirstRand | 30.46 |
34 | Italtile | 29.86 |
35 | Spur Corporation | 29.33 |
36 | RMB Holdings | 29.32 |
37 | Net 1 Ueps Technologies Inc | 29.26 |
38 | Grand Parade Investments | 28.70 |
39 | Metrofile Holdings | 28.53 |
40 | Peregrine Holdings | 28.33 |
41 | Howden Africa Holdings | 28.33 |
42 | Compagnie Fin Richemont | 28.23 |
43 | Life Healthcare Group | 28.17 |
44 | Netcare | 27.80 |
45 | KAP Industrial Holdings | 27.52 |
46 | British American Tobacco Plc | 26.65 |
47 | Sanlam | 25.78 |
48 | Hyprop Investments | 25.68 |
49 | SABMiller Plc | 25.44 |
50 | Omnia Holdings | 25.10 |
51 | Old Mutual Plc | 24.87 |
52 | Clientele Life Assurance | 24.80 |
53 | Vodacom Group | 24.78 |
54 | Mustek | 24.54 |
55 | ELB Group | 24.10 |
56 | Remgro | 23.26 |
57 | Distell Group | 23.20 |
58 | Capital Property Fund | 22.93 |
59 | Pinnacle Holdings | 22.06 |
60 | Clicks Group | 21.91 |
61 | The Bidvest Group | 21.84 |
62 | The Spar Group | 21.66 |
63 | Invicta Holdings | 21.04 |
64 | Brimstone Investment Corporation | 20.81 |
65 | The Foschini Group | 20.50 |
66 | ADvTECH | 20.44 |
67 | Mix Telematics | 20.23 |
68 | Sephaku Holdings | 20.18 |
69 | Reinet Investments S.C.A | 20.02 |
70 | SA Corporate Real Estate Fund | 19.86 |
71 | Datatec | 19.83 |
72 | Arb Holdings | 19.80 |
73 | Phumelela Gaming And Leisure | 19.68 |
74 | Santam | 19.53 |
75 | J S E | 19.38 |
76 | Blue Label Telecoms | 19.23 |
77 | Mmi Holdings | 18.95 |
78 | Investec Plc | 18.92 |
79 | Liberty Holdings | 18.70 |
80 | Transpaco | 18.14 |
81 | Barloworld | 17.39 |
82 | Redefine Properties | 17.20 |
83 | Tradehold | 17.20 |
84 | City Lodge Hotels | 17.18 |
85 | Growthpoint Properties | 17.10 |
86 | Pan African Resources Plc | 16.01 |
87 | Imperial Holdings | 16.00 |
88 | Nampak | 15.60 |
89 | Hosken Consolidated Investments | 15.51 |
90 | Astral Foods | 15.47 |
91 | Vukile Property Fund | 15.38 |
92 | Telkom Sa Soc | 15.16 |
93 | Octodec Investments | 15.14 |
94 | Intu Properties Plc | 15.13 |
95 | Emira Property Fund | 14.94 |
96 | Hudaco Industries | 14.92 |
97 | Combined Motor Holdings | 14.67 |
98 | Nedbank Group | 14.51 |
99 | Shoprite Holdings | 14.43 |
100 | Sycom Property Fund | 14.35 |