Marthinus Strydom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Marthinus Strydom

South African businessperson

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1965

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Marthinus Johannes Strydom (born 28 April 1965) is a South African venture capitalist and private equity investor.
He is the CEO and Chairman of the MJS Capital Group, a seed stage venture capital company headquartered in Pretoria.
Strydom is the lead investor for MJS Capital in companies such as Extremely Gifted Geeks, Coffee Today, Concierge Group, Klippz, Exotic Vacations, and Ribrack.
Prior to creating the MJS Capital Group, Strydom was the chief information officer and Marketing Director of automotive group, McCarthy Limited.Strydom is regarded as the pioneer of e-commerce in South Africa.
He created the first e-commerce portal in South Africa and continued to create numerous B2C and B2B e-commerce companies. Strydom was voted as one of South Africa's top ten IT personalities by IT Web in 2012.
Eliance, a MJS Capital company in 2013, was awarded the best company to work for by Deloitte.
Exotic Vacations has been awarded the top leisure travel company in South Africa for nine consecutive years.