Naspers Limited is a South African multinational internet, technology and media holding company headquartered in Cape Town, founded on 12 May 1915 as the Afrikaans-language publisher Die Nasionale Pers and renamed Naspers Limited in 1998. It operates as a publicly traded investment company with holdings across e-commerce, classifieds, fintech and food delivery, wholly owning South African businesses including Media24, Takealot.com and Property24, while its most valuable holding is a significant minority stake in the Chinese technology company Tencent. Naspers's own principal shareholder is Prosus, a Dutch-listed subsidiary that holds roughly 49 percent of Naspers under a cross-ownership structure between the two companies.
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Founded in 1915 by attorney William Angus Hofmeyr, Die Nasionale Pers was the largest publishing company in South Africa throughout the 20th century with interests across newspapers, magazines and books.
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A global survey identified only one African platform company valued over $1 billion: Naspers, based in Cape Town.
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