Naspers
Naspers Limited is a South African Internet company with the main office in Cape Town. The most important activities are online classified advertising, fintech, payments, and food delivery.
 Naspers' headquarters in Foreshore, Cape Town | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| JSE: NPN LSE: NPSN | |
| Genre | Internet |
| Headquarters | , South Africa |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Koos Bekker (Chair) Bob van Dijk (CEO) Phuti Mahanyele-Dabengwa (CEO, South Africa) |
| Total equity |  US$29.93 billion (FY 2020)[1] |
| Subsidiaries | Prosus Media24 Takealot.com OLX PayU Tencent (31.2%)[2] |
| Website | naspers |
It owns different businesses, for instance, Prosus, Media24, Takealot, OLX, etc.
History
Naspers was founded, in 1915 as a publisher and printer of newspapers and magazines by Jannie Marais of Coetsenburg and attorney W.A. Hofmeyr. The name was De Nasionale Pers Beperkt (National Press Ltd).[5][6]
In 1918, the company started publishing books.
In 1985, the company developed the first pay-TV system and became a media-oriented company.[7]
Since 1994, the company has been on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa, and was a part of the Top 10 index for the past several years.
Activity
In 2019, Prosus became the largest Internet company in Europe and Naspers listed its international Internet assets (PayU, ibibo, Multiply, Buscapé, Movile, AutoTraderZA, Property24, SimilarWeb, Avito, OLX, eMAG :, Takealot.com) on the exchange Euronext Amsterdam.[8]
At the end of 2020, Naspers' revenue was about $ 22 billion.[9]
Brands
Naspers' main brands include:
- Consumer internet companies: Prosus (PayU, ibibo, Multiply, Buscapé, Movile, AutoTraderZA, Property24, SimilarWeb, Avito.ru, OLX, eMAG:, Takealot.com, etc.)
- Online and print media: Media24 (News24, Die Burger, City Press, You, etc.)
The company is also an investor in some international platforms (through Prosus):
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Naspers Financial Statements 2020Naspers. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ↑ Wexler, Steven Russolillo and Alexandra. The Savviest Tech Investor You've Never Heard of Is Selling Down TencentDow Jones & Company. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ Naspers Delivers Solid Results for the Twelve Months Ended 31 March 2020 (29 June 2020)Yahoo!. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ↑ Naspers delivers solid results for the twelve months ended 31 March 2020Naspers. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ Our History | Group Profile | Naspers (2016-03-20). Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ Src='http://1.gravatar.com/Avatar/?s=50, <img Alt=. Apartheid Inc, the story of Naspers, Media24 and Channel Life (in en-US). Medialternatives (2011-11-15). Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ Apartheid Inc. – Profile of a racist corporation, June 9, 2010 | History Matters blog. historymatters.co.za. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ Prosus classifieds group OLX shuts down Frontier Car Group's Berlin office, OLX Autos to focus on LatAm and Asia (in en-US). TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-04-01.[dead link]
- ↑ Naspers Delivers Solid Results for the Twelve Months Ended 31 March 2020 (in en-US). www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED : 700 Stock Price | KYG875721634 | MarketScreener. m.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ Shares – Mail.ru Group. corp.mail.ru. Retrieved 2021-04-01.