Clifford Gundle

Clifford Gundle is a South African philanthropist, entrepreneur and investor, and founder of gundle plastics, one of the largest flexible film plastics manufacturers in the southern hemisphere.^[1]

Career

In 1964 he opened Gundle Plastics producing 6 foot wide low density polythene sheeting for the packaging industry. In 1984 he sold gundle manufacturing systems, but retained his share in gundle lining systems which he founded in 1981,^[2] which was renamed Aquatan.^[3] Growth of the company exploded after government regulations in South Africa required double lining. He sold the company in 1986 for the sum of $32.5 million.^[4]

Aurum Investments, his next venture, was set up with his son Kevin Gundle,^[5] a hedge fund management company which successfully launched its first fund, Aurum ISIS in 1994.^[6][7] Clifford Gundle now runs his family empire which includes manufacturing, investment-management and technology concerns around the world. Some of his more notable investments have been Citywire, which his son is now a director of.^[8]

Philanthropy

Gundle has made many notable charitable donations including:

• Patronage of the London Jewish Cultural Center.^[9]
• Patronage of the National Theater.^[10]
• Patronage of the Cameri Theater Tel Aviv.^[11]
• Charitable support of the V&A museum.^[12]
• Endowment of the Courtauld Institute of Art.^[13]
• Deans council at the Harvard Kennedy Business School.^[14]
• Donation for the British ORT.^[15]

Clifford Gundle also made a donation of £1,750 in 2007 to Michael Gove.^[16]

Personal life

Clifford gundle is married to his wife, Sooozee Gundle with whom he has had 4 children.^[3][17]

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