SACC’s Wealth Creation initiative brings investors and entrepreneurs together. Start-ups and those with the acumen and courage to back them are catalysts for long-term economic growth. Navigating risk and managing failure is integral to turning raw ideas into scalable businesses.

In our webinar series, The Investor Mindset: Nature or Nurture?, we explore what shapes successful investors: their ambition, judgement, successes, and lessons learned.

Our first guest, Grant Fagan, was one of five professionals invited by a founder and major shareholder of Investec to establish CorpGro, CorpCom and CorpCapital, a group of private equity businesses initially capitalised with R50 million. The team grew that initial investment to R2.8 billion, through M&A, start-up and related activity leading to 3 successful listings on the JSE. This added to Grant’s successful career in investment banking and consulting, during which he has helped raise more than US$50 billion in debt and equity.

Born in Johannesburg and educated at UNISA and Wits Business School, Ex Senior partner of Deloitte, Director of Listed and Private companies, Grant now helps CEOs and founders turn ambitious visions into scalable growth. Whatever the investment size, he looks for a compelling invitation to invest in people who have a clear customer focus, a smart ideas with the potential to build something even smarter together.

Date: Tuesday 28 July 2026
Time: 12:30 – 13:30
Who should attend: We invite those interested in building wealth through investment in these engaging conversations about what it truly takes to identify opportunity, manage risk and create sustainable wealth through start up investing.

This webinar if free of charge but booking is essential.  The zoom link will be sent nearer the time.