Richard Hirsch

Chief Executive Officer, Hirsch's

Richard Hirsch is Chief Executive Officer of Hirsch's.

Hirsch's is a family-owned South African appliance and electronics retailer founded in Durban in 1979. It converted from a trust to a private company in 2019 and by 2026 ran 15 Hirsch's stores, six Samsung stores and a Hisense store.

In the job

  1. Hirsch's expanded into the Cape Town market. Source

  2. Hirsch's converted from a trust to a private company in a restructuring that came with a new financing and expansion partnership. Source

Career before

  1. Managing director, Hirsch's Group

Sources

  1. citizen.co.za
  2. standardbank.co.za
  3. citizen.co.za
  4. sundayworld.co.za

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 Spotted something out of date?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

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