Stephen Saad

Stephen Bradley Saad (born June 1964) is a South African billionaire businessman, who is the founder and chief executive of Aspen Pharmacare , the largest producer of generic medicines in Africa.

Early life Stephen Bradley Saad was born in June 1964 to Lebanese parents, and raised in Durban, South Africa. He attended the Durban High School in Durban. He graduated from the University of Natal, where he received a Bachelor of Commerce. He played rugby in Ireland and studied to become a chartered accountant.

In 1997, together with Gus Attridge, he co-founded Aspen Pharmacare, a public company traded on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. It has become the largest producer of generic medicines on the African continent. In 2011, he was worth US$640 million, becoming one of Africa's 40 richest people. In October 2016, He won the Entrepreneur of the Year award at the All Africa Business Leaders Awards gala.

Additionally, he chairs the Sharks, a rugby union club in Durban.

Personal life He resides in Durban and spends time at his private reserve in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve near the Kruger National Park. He is married with four daughters.