Vivian Imerman

Vivian Saul Imerman (born 21 September 1955) is a South-African born businessman and former CEO of Del Monte International and Whyte and Mackay. He was nicknamed 'The Man from Del Monte.'

Early life and education Imerman was born to a South African Jewish family in Johannesburg, South Africa. His grandfather was a Russian-Jewish émigré who went to South Africa after fleeing the Russian Revolution. In 1999, he sold his remaining stake in the fruit company Imerman leads Vasari Global, a specialist Global Consumer Goods Investor, and Vasari Beverages, a leading frontier and emerging market alcoholic beverages investor that has deployed more than $250m in capital investment between 2013 and 2018. In Ethiopia, Vasari Beverages owns 98% of the controlling offshore company of Dashen Brewery, one of Ethiopia's largest breweries and Rorank Distillery one of East Africa's largest distillers. In 2016, Vasari Beverages acquired the operational assets of South African drinks firm KWV for $85m one of the leading and oldest spirits and wine producers in South Africa.

In 2019, Vasari Beverages announced an additional $100m capital raise. Pan-African investment bank RMB served as the sole mandated lead arranger and funder. The funds will be used to double production capacity of Dashen to 5 million hectolitres of beer per annum, and triple the production capacity of Rorank to 25 million litres of alcohol per annum.

Imerman appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List in 2018, with a reported fortune of £390 million.

In 2025, the footwear brand Moreschi was acquired by the Imerman Family Office in partnership with the Italian company GLAM . Bianca Ladow, daughter of Vivian Imerman, currently serves as a director for the Imerman Family Office, GLAM, and Moreschi .

Personal life He married South African Gina Gervis in 1981; they had three children.

In 2001, he married Lisa Tchenguiz, sister of his business partners Robert Tchenguiz and Vincent Tchenguiz.