The South African who built a $100 billion investment empire for the Silicon Valley elite

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Durban-born Divesh Makan has built a secretive investment empire in Silicon Valley with many billionaires, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, as clients.

South African entrepreneur Divesh Makan has built a secretive investment empire in Silicon Valley with many billionaires, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, as clients.

One of his clients was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who introduced him to other influential executives, including Sheryl Sandberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Most of the people Iconiq and Makan work with have at least $1 billion in assets and $250 million in liquidity. Today, Iconiq is a big player in the investment space. It manages $80 billion for families and has $100 billion in assets under advisement.

He attended The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he excelled. However, it took hard work.

 

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