Robert Brozin

Robert Brozin (born 17 December 1959) is a South African entrepreneur, businessman and best known as the co-founder of Nando's international restaurant chain.

Early life He was born in Middelburg, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa. He attended school at Middelburg Primary and then finished his schooling at King David High School, in Linksfield, Johannesburg. After high school, he completed his compulsory two-year military service with the South African Defence Force.

He left Price Waterhouse and joined his father's business at Teltron, which was the agency in South Africa for Sanyo Electronics. The restaurant served Portuguese dishes but it was the flame-grilled chicken and its peri-peri sauce attracted Brozin to the restaurant's concept. Peri-peri chicken was only on the menu in South Africa at small Portuguese family owned businesses and in Mozambique and Angola. In 1987, they purchased a 67% share of the business before buying it outright in 1990 and then rebranded it as Nando's. In 1990, they had three restaurants in South Africa and one in Portugal. Dick Enthoven and his family acquired a 30% stake in Nando's, investing R1,000,000 and the business model would expand, especially in the UK as Capricorn Ventures International in 1992. Another group he started as Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, a training incubator for unemployed youth, assisting them to be better work ready.

Personal life Brozin is married and has three children.