Herschel Mayers

Compiled by Shephard Dube · Co-founder · updated 17 Sep 2026

Insurance · tracked on the index, no published figure yet

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Main company
Discovery Life
Industry
Insurance
Country
South Africa

About

Founding chief executive of Discovery Life.

Source of wealth

Insurance

How we estimate this

Tracked but not yet valued. This person's role at the company above is public record; no net-worth figure is published until a disclosed shareholding has been sourced and recorded. See our full methodology.

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Net-worth figures here are estimates derived from public JSE share prices and disclosed holdings — for information only, not financial advice.

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