Alex Taplin

Chief Executive Officer, TiAuto Investments

Alex Taplin is Chief Executive Officer of TiAuto Investments.

TiAuto Investments is the owner of Tiger Wheel & Tyre, Tyres & More and Treads Unlimited, with 161 stores in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia. In July 2026 Japan's Marubeni agreed to acquire the group from Old Mutual Private Equity and Carlyle.

In the job

  1. Announced that Marubeni Corporation had agreed to acquire TiAuto Investments, ending about ten years of ownership by Old Mutual Private Equity and Carlyle. Source

  2. Marked 55 years of Tiger Wheel & Tyre, which had grown from 15 stores in 1998 to over a hundred. Source

Sources

  1. engineeringnews.co.za
  2. businesstech.co.za
  3. carinsurance.arrivealive.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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