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South Africa’s Highest-Paid Tech Industry CEOs

South Africa’s Highest-Paid Tech Industry CEOs

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Check out this list of South Africa’s highest-paid tech industry CEOs and several things will stand out. One, there’s only one woman on this list — what’s up with that? Two, the highest-paid CEO of them all — No. 1 on this list — earns about 65-percent more than No. 2 on the list. Six of the highest-paid CEOs are white, but the highest earner — by a mile — is black. Here are South Africa’s highest-paid tech industry CEOs for 2013-2014.

Many of the big tech and telecom companies have not released their 2014 annual reports, so the majority of the salaries listed here are for the previous financial year.

Source: mybroadband.

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10. Ivan Dittrich

One group that has released its 2014 annual report is Vodacom. The telecom giant’s group CFO Ivan Dittrich got a raise in 2014, earning 7,542,000 rand ($707,614), up from 6,401,000 ($600,001) in 2013.

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9. Zunaid Bulbulia

MTN SA executive Zunaid Bulbulia comes in No. 9 on the list, earning 7,665,000 rand ($719,437) in 2013. His company has not released its 2014 earnings report yet.

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8. Attila Vitai

Taking home 8,471,000 rand ($794,954) in 2013, Telkom Mobile executive Attila Vitai comes in at No. 8 on the list.

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7. Pinky Moholi

Another Telkom executive, and the only woman to make the list, is Nombulelo “Pinky” Moholi. She ranks No. 7 with 2013 earnings reported at 11,636,000 rand ($1.092 million).

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6. Shameel Joosub

The Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub took home 12,980,000 rand ($1.218 million) in 2014 — also a huge raise. It’s about a third more than the 9,277,000 rand he earned in 2013.

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5. Mark Levy

The joint CEO of Blue Label Telecoms, Mark Levy earned 14,107,000 rand ($1.324 million) in 2013 — the same as his brother, Brett Levy, who also works there.

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4. Brett Levy

Brett Levy, the joint CEO of Blue Label, ties for the No. 4 spot with his brother Mark Levy, earning 14,107,000 rand ($1.324 million) in 2013. Their telecom company was founded in 2001. In 2014 it reported that while profits and headline earnings were up, revenues were going down overall.

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3.Craig Venter

Altron TMT has released its 2014 earnings. CEO Craig Venter took home 14,135,000 rand ($1.327 million) this year, making him South Africa’s third-highest-paid executive.

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2. Robbie Venter

Craig Venter’s brother, Robbie Venter, is also an Altron company executive, and is the industry’s second-highest-paid CEO, earning 17,733,000 rand ($1.664 million) in 2014. That must make for some interesting sibling rivalry around the table at Christmas time.

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1. Sifiso Dabengwa

No one earns more (on the record, according to MyBroadband) among South Africa’s tech industry CEOs than MTN Group executive Sifiso Dabengwa. He earned 48,077,000 rand ($4.512 million) in 2013 — about 65 percent more than the No. 2-place holder Robbie Venter. MTN hasn’t released its 2014 earnings yet.