Bob van Dijk, former CEO of Prosus and Naspers, the interlinked companies effectively part of the same group, was paid throughout the last financial year (to end March), despite stepping down on 18 September 2023. He received a base salary of $1.469 million, equal to R27.5 million at the average...
Naspers CEO resigns effective immediately
Naspers and Prosus have announced that Bob van Dijk has stepped down as CEO and from his positions on the boards of both companies.
His resignation is effectively immediately — Monday, 18 September 2023.
Naspers top dogs dump shares worth R1.8 billion during buyback
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk and CFO Basil Sgourdos have sold R1.8 billion of their Naspers and Prosus shares after the companies announced their buyback scheme in June 2022.
Two other directors — Mark Sorour and Steve Pacak — have...
Naspers and Prosus cutting staff — including at South African offices
Amsterdam-listed Prosus NV and its parent Naspers Ltd. are planning to cut their corporate workforce by 30%, becoming the latest global tech company to announce layoffs.
The firm, one of Europe’s largest e-commerce companies...
Naspers CEO dumps R1.6 billion in shares during company's aggressive stock buyback
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk sold R1.6 billion in Naspers shares over the last two weeks while the company was on a buyback spree.
Over the last few days, Naspers announced that Van Dijk sold his shares in a few...
Naspers-owned Prosus selling Tencent stock to buy back own shares
Naspers and Prosus have announced a share repurchase programme, where it will sell a portion of the group's Tencent Holding shares to buy back its own stock.
The repurchase programme will be funded by the on-market sale of...
Naspers invested over R500 million in South African start-ups — here is the list
In October 2018, Naspers announced its Naspers Foundry initiative to boost the South African technology sector.
Naspers Foundry’s mandate is to help South African technology entrepreneurs to develop and grow their...
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk paid R247 million
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk earned $16.7 million (R247.2 million) in the last financial year.
This was revealed in the company’s integrated annual report for the year ended 31 March 2021.
The report showed that Van Dijk earned a basic salary of $1.4...
Naspers wants to go “predominantly mobile”
Naspers aims to transform itself into a “predominantly mobile” company, according to its chief executive Bob van Dijk