Precious Moloi-Motsepe | |
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![]() Moloi-Motsepe in 2019 | |
Chancellor of the University of Cape Town | |
Assumed office 1 January 2020 | |
Vice-Chancellor | Mamokgethi Phakeng |
Preceded by | Graca Machel |
Personal details | |
Born | Precious Moloi 2 August 1962 Soweto, South Africa |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Education | Wits University (MBBCh; 1987) |
Occupation | Businesswoman, philanthropist and medical doctor |
Known for | Founder of the African Fashion International |
Website | https://motsepefoundation.org |
Precious Moloi-Motsepe (born 2 August 1962)[1] is a South African philanthropist and fashion entrepreneur. One of the richest women in South Africa,[2] she started her career as a medical practitioner, specializing in children and women's health. In September 2019 she was elected Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, succeeding Graça Machel, and beginning her ten-year term on 1 January.[3]
In 2007, she established African Fashion International,[4] an events, fashion and lifestyle company to promote pan-African designers to international audiences, and endorse the African fashion industry as a pathway to economic development for young people and women. In 2013, she joined the Giving Pledge with her husband, committing to give half of their family wealth to charitable causes.[5] In the same year she was on the inaugural cover of Forbes Women Africa[6] and has since been listed as of the 50 most powerful women on the continent by Forbes Magazine Africa.[7]
She is a regular delegate to the World Economic Forum held in Davos,[8] as well as a member of the Harvard Kennedy School Women's Leadership Board.[9] She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Milken Institute's Center for Strategic Philanthropy[10] and the Harvard University Global Advisory Council.[11]
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