Wendy Appelbaum

**Wendy Appelbaum** (née Gordon; o tshotswe ka ngwaga wa 1960) ke mosadi wa kgwebo wa mo Afrika Borwa le motsayadithoto. Morwadia Sir Donald Gordon, mothei wa Liberty Group, o ntse a na le setsha sa mofeine sa De Morgenzon kwa Stellenbosch go tloga ka ngwaga wa 2003.

Appelbaum ke mongwe wa basadi ba ba humileng go gaisa mo Afrika Borwa. Ka boswa jwa gagwe jwa lelapa le dikgatlhego tsa kgwebo, Forbes o ne a lekanyetsa tlhotlhwa ya gagwe e le $183 million ka ngwaga wa 2012, le fa a ne a gana kakanyo e e reng ke "matlakala fela".

## Botshelo le tiro
Appelbaum o tshotse ka ngwaga wa 1960 mme a golela kwa Johannesburg, Afrika Borwa. E ne e le mongwe wa bana ba le bararo, le morwadi a le mongwe fela, yo a tsetsweng ke mogwebi wa inshorense Donald Gordon le mosadi wa gagwe Peggy. O ne a solofela go nna ngaka ya kalafi mme ga a ka a amogelwa kwa sekolong sa kalafi; go na le moo, o ne a ithutela thutotlhaloganyo kwa Yunibesithing ya Witwatersrand, a aloga ka Bachelor of Arts ka ngwaga wa 1982.

Mo masimologong a dingwaga tsa bo 1990, o ne a nna motsamaisi wa gagwe wa ntlha fa a ne a tlhophiwa go nna leloko la boto ya Liberty Investors, khamphane e e tshotseng ya ga rraagwe ya Liberty Group. Ka ngwaga wa 1994, o ne a nna mothei-mmogo le motlatsa modulasetulo wa Women's Investment Portfolio Holdings (Wiphold),  mme o ne a rekisa seabe sa gagwe mo khampaning ka bonako morago ga gore e nne khampani ya ntlha e e laolwang ke basadi go kwadisa mo JSE. Morago ga moo o ne a tsenela dikomiti tsa ditlamo tse dingwe di le mmalwa.  Mme rraagwe o ne a rekisa taolo ya lelapa ya Liberty Group morago ga go rola tiro ka ngwaga wa  1999, a bolelela Business Report gore Appelbaum o ne a "utlwisiwa botlhoko thata" ka tshwetso ya gagwe mme o ne a le "mo boemong jo bo botoka kwa gae go tlhokomela ditlogolo tsa me" go na le go tsamaisa kgwebo ya lelapa.

Ka ngwaga wa 2003, Appelbaum le monna wa gagwe ba ne ba reka De Morgenzon, lefelo la kgwebo la mofeine kwa Stellenbosch. Ka ngwaga wa 2011, o rekile setsha se se gaufi sa Quoin Rock ka thekiso ka R60 million morago ga gore batlhankedi ba lekgetho ba se tseye mo go Dave King. Ka bonako morago ga thekisodikgethiso o ne a gana go reka fa go ne go bonala gore morekisi o ne a dirile 'motho yo o neng a ntsha thendara' go tlhatlosa tlhotlhwa.

## Tiro ya bopelotshweu le go nna le seabe mo ditirong tsa setšhaba
Appelbaum ke motlhokomedi wa Donald Gordon Foundations, e leng nngwe ya mekgatlho e megolo ya go thusa batho mo Afrika. Ka dingwaga di le dintsi e ne e le leloko la Peggy Rockefeller's Global Philanthropists' Circle, trustee wa Helen Suzman Foundation, leloko la Women's Leadership Board ya Yunibesiti ya Harvard, le wa The President of Harvard's Global Advisory Council. Ke leloko la International Women's Forum. O itsege gape ka go dirisa mabaka a loago: o ne a dira tletlebo ya tshireletso ya badirisi kgatlhanong le Auction Alliance morago ga go nna le bonnete jwa gore e mo tsieditse ka go dira dithendara tsa dipoko mo thekisong ya Quoin Rock, mme moragonyana o ne a tshegetsa kgwetlho ya semolao e e atlegileng kwa Kgotlatshekelo ya Molaotheo kgatlhanong le ditaelo tsa garnishee.

Ke motsamaisi wa Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre (WDGMC), bookelo jwa katiso ya maemo a a kwa godimo jo bo nang le Yunibesiti ya Witwatersrand 

O ne a le motsamaisi wa Synergos Africa, mokgatlho wa boditšhabatšhaba wa tlhabololo o o neng o tsepamisitse mo go boneng ditharabololo tsa mathata a a amanang le lehuma le boitekanelo  O ne a le leloko le le simolotseng la Women Moving Millions 

## Ditlotla
Forbes e biditse Appelbaum mo lenaaneng la basadi ba ba 50 ba ba maatla go gaisa mo Afrika ka ngwaga wa 2020 le mo lenaaneng la bone la 50 Over 50: EMEA ka ngwaga wa 2023.  Alma mater ya gagwe e ne ya mo abela bongaka jwa tlotlo jwa bongaka ka kgwedi ya Sedimonthole ka ngwaga wa  2019. 

## Botshelo jwa gagwe
O nyetswe ke Hylton Appelbaum mme o na le barwa ba le babedi.