Michael Sassoon

Chief Executive Officer, Sasfin

Michael Sassoon is Chief Executive Officer of Sasfin.

Sasfin is a Johannesburg financial services group that has restructured into an investment holding company built on its wealth business, now branded Otto1890, and its asset finance and rental business, Sunlyn. Under Sassoon it delisted from the JSE in December 2024 and wound down its bank.

In the job

  1. Sasfin offered minority shareholders R30 a share, a 65% premium, as the first step towards delisting from the JSE. Source

  2. Sasfin said it had largely completed its transformation from a bank holding company into an investment holding company focused on wealth management and rental finance. Source

Sources

  1. businessreport.co.za
  2. businessreport.co.za
  3. businessday.co.za
  4. bizcommunity.com
  5. en.wikipedia.org

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