AGAINST ALL ODDS: Lunga Tshikila, 24, whose hard work has seen him reap rich rewards. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI
Man, who grew up an orphan in KwaNobuhle, now a top businessman
A YOUNG Nelson Mandela Bay man, whose humble beginnings were the driving force behind his success, has defied the odds of crime and poverty to become one of South Africa’s youngest chief executives.
He has also snagged a spot at the prestigious One Young World Summit, to be held in Thailand later this year.
After losing his mother in a horror car crash in 1994 when he was just three years old, Lunga Tshikila grew up an orphan, relying on social grants as he lived with one relative after another.
Now 24 he has, however, risen above his circumstances, becoming one of the youngest ever chief executives, running Tshikila Holdings, a private equity and venture capital firm in the posh suburb of Sandton, Johannesburg.
-Ayanda Mdluli
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