Commerce
- Roelof Botha, the grandson of Pik Botha who began his career as an actuary and became a venture capitalist.
- Nick Mallett, played for and later coached the Springboks, South Africa's national rugby union team.
- Mark Shuttleworth, billionaire entrepreneur, founder of Canonical Ltd, sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distribution and the second space tourist.
- Chelsy Davy, ex-girlfriend of Britain's Prince Harry.
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Famous quotes containing the word commerce:
“I am not able to instruct you. I can only tell that I have chosen wrong. I have passed my time in study without experience; in the attainment of sciences which can, for the most part, be but remotely useful to mankind. I have purchased knowledge at the expense of all the common comforts of life: I have missed the endearing elegance of female friendship, and the happy commerce of domestic tenderness.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“While the focus in the landscape of Old World cities was commonly government structures, churches, or the residences of rulers, the landscape and the skyline of American cities have boasted their hotels, department stores, office buildings, apartments, and skyscrapers. In this grandeur, Americans have expressed their Booster Pride, their hopes for visitors and new settlers, and customers, for thriving commerce and industry.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“I leave you, home,
when I’m ripped from the doorstep
by commerce or fate. Then I submit
to the awful subway of the world....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)