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Natie Kirsh: How £1,200 became a $17bn empire

Most people had never heard of Natie Kirsh before March 2026. That was entirely by design.When Sysco Corporation announced on March 30, 2026 that it had agreed to acquire Jetro Restaurant Depot for $29.1 billion, the financial world scrambled to find out who owned it. The answer was a 94-year-old man from Potchefstroom, South Africa, who had spent five decades building the largest cash-and-carry wholesale business in the United States without ev…
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Billionaires.Africa broke the news on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
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