Standard Bank CEO Simphiwe “Sim” Tshabalala oversees a pan-African banking empire with R3.1 trillion in assets and over 18.8 million clients. Appointed CEO in 2013, Tshabalala was born in Hlabisa in rural KwaZulu-Natal and grew up in Soweto before matriculating from Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg. It was not obvious that, after school, he would rise to become one of the world’s premier bankers and financiers. Tshabalala attended Rhodes University, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in 1988 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1990. He pursued the study of law…
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