Charles Savage

Group Chief Executive Officer, Purple Group

Charles Savage is Group Chief Executive Officer of Purple Group, in the role since November 2007.

Purple Group is a JSE-listed financial services and technology group offering investment platforms, asset management and retirement administration. During Savage's tenure, it launched EasyEquities in 2014.

In the job

  1. Purple Group reported that FY2025 revenue increased by 21.5% to R486.7 million and headline earnings per share increased by 143%. Source

  2. Purple Group reported interim revenue of R258.5 million and profit before tax of R78.7 million for the six months ended February 2026. Source

  3. Purple Group agreed to buy Telescope AI for up to R177 million and planned to use it in a financial advice platform. Source

Career before

  1. 2000Led the development of a fully automated online spread-trading platform
  2. 2003Managed GT247.com's South African operations and served on the Global Trader Executive

Education

B.Com in Accounting and Information Systems, University of Cape Town, 1996

Sources

  1. purplegroup.co.za
  2. purplegroup.co.za
  3. businessday.co.za
  4. moneyweb.co.za
  5. news24.com
  6. arenaholdings-businessday-prod.web.arc-cdn.net

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