Vusi Thembekwayo

ABOUT VUSI THEMBEKWAYO

South African entrepreneur, keynote speaker, venture capitalist, author, and finance coach who has been featured by CNBC, Bloomberg, Inc500, and countless other media outlets for his work as an advisor to Fortune 500 companies around the world. He established and served as the CEO to MyGrowthFund Venture Partners and became the youngest African businessman to appear on the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine.

He studied business management and commerce at the University of Witwatersrand before going on to earn a postgraduate degree from the Gordon Institute of Business Science. He also earned an MBA in business and economics.

He has authored multiple titles, including the 2017 book Vusi: Business & Life Lessons from a Black Dragon, and The Magna Carta of Exponentiality in 2018. He co-starred with Vinny Lingham on the South African reality television series Dragons' Den from the year 2014 to the year 2015.

He married Palesa Mahlolo Makhetha in 2009 and they went on to welcome 3 children together.

He joined the likes of Gary Vaynerchuk , Jay Shetty , and Sadhguru in 2020 when he was interviewed by Tom Bilyeu on the series Impact Theory.