Precious Moloi-Motsepe

Precious Moloi-Motsepe
in 2009 at the World Economic Forum
Born Precious Moloi
Soweto
Nationality South Africa
Education Wits University
Known for head of Motsepe Family Foundation
Spouse(s) Patrice Motsepe

Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe is a South Africa fashion entrepreneur and a philanthropist. Her company ran the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Life

Moloi-Motsepe was brought up in Soweto. Her father was a teacher and her mother was a nurse.[1] She attended Wits University and became a hospital physician and general practitioner. In 1993 she opened a women’s health clinic in Johannesburg.[1]

In 1989, she married Patrice Motsepe, a lawyer who was also brought up in Soweto.

Forbes Magazine estimated her family's wealth at $2.5 billion and noted that they were South Africa's wealthiest black couple. They have said that they intend to donate half their wealth to charity.[2]

She was the head of the Motsepe Family Foundation in 2017. She has a strong interest in fashion and in 2007 she founded an organisation called African Fashion International which encourages young South African designers. She ran the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in her home city and in Cape Town.[3] In 2017, the Cape Town event was abandoned by Moloi-Motsepe after high winds in March and rescheduled for the following April.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Winning Women: Revving Africa's engine". Fin24. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  2. ↑ "Africa's Top Power Couples". www.africa.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  3. ↑ "Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe celebrates a decade of fashion with AFI". Channel. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  4. ↑ "Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town Was A Windy Mess". Huffington Post South Africa. 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
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