Vusi Thembekwayo — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Group Chief Executive Officer at MyGrowthFund Venture Partners since 2016, an impact investment firm.
Founder of MyGrowthFund Venture Partners, Club100, and School of Scale.
General Partner at Watermark Afrika Fund Managers since 2017.
Author of "Vusi: Business & Life Lessons from a Black Dragon," "The Magna Carta of Exponentiality," and "Underdogs," with books selling over 250,000 copies.
Served as an investor on South Africa's Dragons' Den reality TV series from 2014 to 2015.
Addressed audiences at Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford Universities, the House of Lords, World Bank, and African Union.
Holds an Executive MBA and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.

Biography

Vusi Thembekwayo is a South African entrepreneur, author, investor, and global speaker. He currently serves as the Group Chief Executive Officer of MyGrowthFund Venture Partners, a firm he founded, where he leads a team of institutional investors backing African founders with growth capital and expertise. MyGrowthFund Venture Partners was recognized as the Best Impact Investment Firm 2020 - Africa at the Worldwide Finance Awards.