Raymond Ackerman (dan kasuwa)

**Raymond Ackerman** (an haife shi 10 Maris 1931 - 6 Satumba 2023) ɗan kasuwa ɗan Afirka ta Kudu ne, wanda ya sayi rukunin babban kanti na Pick'n Pay daga wanda ya kafa ta. Ya sayi shaguna hudu daga Jack Goldin a cikin 1960s. Raymond Ackerman ya kasance shugaba har sai da ya sauka a 2010.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Cape Town tare da Bachelor of Commerce, ya shiga ƙungiyar Greatermans a cikin rukunin Ackermans a cikin 1951 yana ɗan shekara 20 a matsayin manajan horo.An kafa Ackermans bayan yakin duniya na daya daga mahaifinsa Gus, amma an sayar da shi ga kungiyar Greatermans a 1940.

A ƙarshe an ba Ackerman matsayi a babban ofishin Greatermans a Johannesburg . A farkon shekarun 1950, manyan kantunan sayar da abinci sun fara bayyana a wurin a Afirka ta Kudu. Norman Herber, shugaban Greatermans ya yanke shawarar fara wani dillalin abinci mai suna Checkers . A ƙarshe an sanya Ackerman a matsayin mai kula da Checkers, yana samun gagarumar nasara a kasuwancin.

Ackerman ya lashe lambar yabo ta matasan Afirka ta Kudu mai fice a shekarar 1965, tare da Gary Player kuma a shekara ta 1966, yana da shekaru 35, ya kasance manajan darakta na shagunan Checkers 85; duk da haka an kore shi a wannan shekarar. A martanin da ya mayar, ta hanyar amfani da kudin sallamarsa da lamunin banki, Ackerman ya sayi shaguna hudu a kasuwancin Cape Town da sunan Pick'n Pay .  Karkashin jagorancinsa, Pick'n Pay a karshe ya girma ya zama daya daga cikin manyan kantunan manyan kantunan Afirka, tare da kudin Rand biliyan talatin da bakwai ( adadi na 2006) da manyan kantuna sama da 124, manyan kantuna 14 da kantuna 179 da aka mallaka. Kungiyar Pick'n Pay tana daukar ma'aikata sama da 30,000 a kasashen Afirka da dama.

## Iyali
Pick'n Pay babban kamfani ne wanda ke gudana azaman kasuwancin iyali. Matarsa Wendy da 'ya'yansa hudu, Suzanne, Kathryn, Jonathan, da Gareth, duk suna aiki ne don Pick'n Pay ko kuma don sadaka. A ranar 21 ga Oktoba 2009, Gareth ya karɓi ayyukan mahaifinsa, kuma a ranar 1 ga Maris 2010, shugabancin kuma.

## Haƙƙin mabukaci da haɗin gwiwar al'umma

Ackerman yayi kamfen sosai don haƙƙin masu amfani. Ya yi wa Anton Rupert rahusa farashin sigari kuma tare da gwamnati kan farashin biredi. Babban fadan da ya yi shi ne da hukumomi na dakile farashin man fetur, duk da hakan bai yi nasara ba. Don rage ƙarancin farashi, kamfani yana shigo da samfuran alama. Taimakon dangin Ackerman ga Asibitin Yara na Tunawa da Yaƙin Red Cross ya kai lokacin da Gus ya sa hannu wajen ba da kuɗin kafa ta a 1956. A cikin 2006, Ackermans sun ba da gudummawar R4&nbsp;miliyan zuwa asibiti. Pick'n Pay yana da hannu sosai tare da ƙoƙarin Cape Town na kawo gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 2004 zuwa Afirka ta Kudu. A ranar 14 ga Fabrairu 2005, Cibiyar Raya Kasuwanci ta Raymond Ackerman ta buɗe a Cape Town don haɓaka ƙwarewar kasuwanci da horar da manajoji da shugabanni na gaba na Afirka ta Kudu.

## Kyauta

Ya sami digiri na girmamawa a fannin shari'a daga Jami'ar Rhodes a 1986. Almater, Jami'ar Cape Town, ta ba shi digirin girmamawa a fannin kasuwanci a cikin 2001. An zabe shi a matsayi na 79 a cikin Manyan Manyan Afirka ta Kudu 100 a 2004. A cikin Nuwamba 2004, Financial Times ta ba shi sunan Afirka ta Kudu tilo a cikin manyan shugabannin kasuwanci 100 na duniya. A Afirka ta Kudu, galibi ana yin sa tare da Harry Oppenheimer da Anton Rupert. An ba Ackerman, tare da matarsa Wendy lambar yabo ta David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership in Africa Award ta Cibiyar Synergos ta Kudancin Afirka ta 2010. 

## Littattafai
Raymond Ackerman ya wallafa littattafai guda uku akan abubuwan da ya faru da kuma shawara ga matasa 'yan kasuwa.

* Ackerman, Raymond: *Jin Ciki Jump titi.* *Labarin Raymond Ackerman kamar yadda aka fada wa Denise Prichard* . Cape Town: David Philip, 2004. 
* Ackerman, Raymond: *Ƙafafu huɗu na Tebur.* *Hanyar Raymond Ackerman mai sauƙi, madaidaiciyar gaba don nasara kamar yadda aka faɗa wa Denise Prichard* . Cape Town: David Philip, 2005. ISBN&nbsp;
* Ackerman, Raymond: *Tofi don kama Mackerel.* *Mabuɗin Ka'idoji don gina kasuwancin ku* . Cape Town: Jonathan Ball, 2010. ISBN&nbsp;

## Rubutattun Tarihin

* Gerber, Amelda: "'Yan kasuwa sun yi farin ciki sosai. Raymond Ackerman ya yi farin ciki da jin daɗin jin daɗin rayuwa." Die Burger, 15 Fabrairu 2005.
* Die Burger, Maris 9, 2006.
* La Vita, Murray: "Mister A. moet nou groet." Die Burger, Maris 12, 2010.

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