CEO X Factor Certificate

These questions test whether you read the CEO X Factor book and harnessed the key lessons therefrom.

Answer the simple 15 questions below to earn your CEO X Factor certificate.

1. Which CEO describes himself as a poster child for irresponsibility because of having had a child with a medical student?(Required)

A. Mteto Nyati

B. Isaac Shongwe

2. Which CEO provides the six Is of leadership in the book?(Required)

A. Shameel Joosub – CEO of Vodacom

B. Edward Kieswetter – Commissioner of SARS

3. Which of these CEOs recovered from colon cancer to lead a JSE listed entity?(Required)

A. Osman Arbee – Motus Holdings

B. Chris van der Merwe – Curro Holdings

4. Which of these CEOs is an owner of Shesha Tuks, the first passenger tuk tuk company in South Africa?(Required)

A. Nyimpini Mabunda

B. Ryan Noach

5. How did Shameel Joosub first make an impression at Vodacom?(Required)

A. He executed a sale of mobile devices

B. He arranged for a data vending deal

6. Which of these CEOs was formerly in charge of Prestige Cleaning?(Required)

A. Mpumi Madisa - Bidvest

B. Faith Khanyile - WDB

7. Which CEO had a father working at an oil refinery and a mother working as a nurse?(Required)

A. Sandile Zungu

B. Mxolisi Mgojo

8. Which CEO describes herself as a farm girl?(Required)

A. Sally Hutton – Webber Wentzel

B. Jeanette Marais - Momentum

9. Which CEO takes pride in the fact that his firm was not mentioned adversely by the Zondo Commission?(Required)

A. Ajen Sita - EY

B. Dion Shango - PwC

10. Which CEO applies the 40-70 rule to decision-making?(Required)

A. Busi Mavuso – Business Leadership South Africa

B. Polo Leteka - IDB

11. Which CEO is thankful for failing to get a job in a government department which forced him into entrepreneurship?(Required)

A. Sandile Zungu

B. Chris van der Merwe

12. Which of these CEOs doubles as a business school lecturer?(Required)

A. Sean Joubert

B. Thomas Kgokolo

13. Which of these CEOs predicted COVID with her PhD thesis?(Required)

A. Sally Hutton – Webber Wentzel

B. Leila Fourie - JSE

14. Which CEO is credited with building the first digital mine in South Africa?(Required)

A. Mxolisi Mgojo - Exxaro

B. Peter Steenkamp – Harmony Gold

15. Which of these CEOs loves fast cars and is a self-confessed petrol head?(Required)

A. Emrie Brown - RMB

B. Sandra Crous - Payspace

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