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Before T3 Sixty, before the Trends Report, before 65 books — there was a young man from Southern Africa who saw the world through a diplomat’s window.
Born and raised. University of Pretoria. Master of Commerce from the University of Johannesburg. A foundation built in systems thinking, strategy, and the discipline of formal education.
Diplomatic posting. Formative years spent in East Africa, where a young Stefan first learned to observe how institutions function — and how they fail.
Asia-Pacific exposure during a pivotal era. The experience of living at the crossroads of global commerce shaped a worldview that would later distinguish his approach to an American industry.
The new chapter. Stefan arrived with no industry connections, no inherited network, and no safety net — and built an entire career from the ground up in a sector that didn’t yet know his name.