“In view of our strong development focus on ecommerce, the board believes that Bob has the skills to lead us into the next phase of our growth,” said Ton Vosloo, Naspers chair.
Bekker will stand down from the Naspers board for a year, during which time he “intends to travel widely and research where the group’s next spurt of growth may come from, once ecommerce has reached maturity.” Bekker will also stay on the Tencent board. In April 2015, Ton…
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