Brandon Badenhorst's bold step to go to Dubai landed him a plum job in the world of finance. Photo: Hein Kaiser
Take a snapshot on any day and the average Generation Z may be stuck at a career crossroads, the genesis of a job they do not like or are hanging around waiting for the next big thing. Not Badenhorst.Brandon Badenhorst: Young man on a mission with a vision When he’s home, coffee shops double as his office and he takes back-to-back meetings. But most of the time, Badenhorst’s flitting between continents or at his desk at his home base, Dubai. He works for Pierce Dunhill at Dunhill Ventures, a division of the Dunhill family investment office.
“There’s a significant amount of innovation happening in Africa. The challenge is obtaining the requisite funding and forging strategic partnerships with global leaders and distributors. This is where our focus is.”Despite his youth, Badenhorst has already accumulated considerable experience. The two slowly built a relationship and one day, unexpectedly, Dunhill rang up Badenhorst and offered him a job. The rest is history. And Badenhorst is firmly in charge of his own narrative.