industry ecommerce internet media genre media founded 12 may 1915 ; 101 years ago 1915 05 12 headquarters cape town south africa area served global key people bob van dijk ceo revenue r73 .1 billion fy 2015 1 operating income r1 .6 billion fy 2015 1 website www.naspers.com naspers building in the cape town cbd naspers is a broad based multinational internet and media group offering services in more than 130 countries . its principal operations are in ecommerce i.e. classifieds online retail marketplaces online comparison shopping payments and online services video entertainment and print . with a market capitalisation of over 66 billion it is the largest company in africa and the 7th largest internet company in the world . 2 contents 1 brands and subsidiaries 2 history 2.1 apartheid 3 see also 4 references 5 external links brands and subsidiaries edit major brands owned by naspers include internet media multiply olx allegro buscap payu citrus pay ibibo movile similarweb dubizzle avito.ru tv media multichoice supersport dstv mnet showmax internet providers mweb print media media24 grupo abril 30 % of shares it also has minority investments in listed integrated social network platforms tencent sehk 0700 and mail.ru lse mail . history edit naspers was founded in 1915 by afrikaner nasionale pers national press as publisher & printer of newspapers and magazines . 3 4 it decided by a group of prominent afrikaners in december 1914 at stellenbosch to form a publishing company that would spread a nationalistic afrikaner message . 5 290 it was founded by j.b.m. hertzog who also founded the national party the previous year in 1914 . jannie marais a prominent stellenbosch farmer purchased a quarter of 20 000 1 shares in the new company . 5 290 naspers first published the afrikaans language daily die burger in june 1915 which was followed by its first magazine die huisgenoot in 1916 . 6 in 1918 the company added book publishing to their portfolio 6 which made it one of the most significant media hubs in africa at the time . in 1985 the company launched the pay tv system m net for the first time in the region which brought about great reputation for the company & has grown into one of the largest media house s in the world . nasionale pers officially changed its name to the currently used naspers in 1998 . 6 since 1994 the company is listed on the johannesburg stock exchange jse in south africa and has designated to be part of the top 10 index over the past number of years . they also have a level i american depository receipt programme adr programme listing on the london stock exchange lse and trade on an over the counter otc basis . international investors account for around 50 % of their shareholder base . the investment in tencent has skyrocketed the naspers stock 500 % since 2010 due to the success of tencent and has labelled the company the most valuable in africa may 2015 with a market cap of almost 66b . a unit of international media group naspers namely its subsidiary myriad international holdings owns 28.7 % stake in digital sky technologies dst the russian firm behind investments in notable internet companies like facebook groupon and zynga . china s tencent also made a strategic investment to the tune of 300 million in dst 35 % of tencent being owned by naspers . apartheid edit naspers involvement in the establishment of apartheid in south africa is mired in controversy . several directors and editors of the firm and its subsidiaries ended up in high office including d f malan h f verwoerd and p w botha . on 25 july 2015 the company issued an apology to the victims and survivors of the apartheid system but did not acknowledge any involvement in drafting legislation and advocacy on behalf of race supremacist ideologues . see also edit list of south african media avusa references edit a b http www.naspers reports.com 2015 index.php le cordeur matthew 10 july 2014 . naspers joins internet hall of fame . fin24 . retrieved 15 october 2015 . naspers website our history . company history . naspers . retrieved 15 march 2015 . apartheid inc the story of naspers media24 and channel life . media alternatives . 15 november 2011 . retrieved 15 march 2015 . a b pretorius fransjohan 2014 . a history of south africa from the distant past to the present day . hatsfield pretoria protea book house . isbn 978 1 86919 908 1 . a b c apartheid inc. profile of a racist corporation june 9 2010 . history matters . 22 january 2015 . retrieved 15 march 2015 . external links edit official website qxl auksjon norge as naspers companies grouped at opencorporates retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title naspers & oldid 742704559 categories companies listed on the johannesburg stock exchangecompanies established in 1915companies based in cape townmedia companies of south africasouth african brandshidden categories engvarb from july 2016use dmy dates from july 2016official website different in wikidata and 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