Clifford Gundle

Clifford Gundle
Born	1937 (age 78–79)
Nationality	South African
Known for	Founder of Gundle Plastics Group

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.^[17][3]

References

1. "Gundle Plastics Group > Home ( DNN 4.3.4 )". www.gundle.co.za. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
2. Cowan, Alison Leigh. "Market Place; Gundle's Growth And Volatility". nytimes. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
3. "Clifford Gundle's Speech to the Geosynthetics Interest Group of South Africa (GIGSA)". Aquatan. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
4. Cowan, Alison Leigh (1988-09-22). "Market Place; Gundle's Growth And Volatility". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
5. "FE Investegate |Aurum Funds Announcements | Aurum Funds: Director/PDMR Shareholding". www.investegate.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
6. "Clifford J. Gundle". Bloomberg. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
7. "Introduction". Aurum. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
8. "About Citywire Money - Citywire Money". citywire.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
9. "London Jewish Cultural Centre - Patrons". www.ljcc.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
10. "Patron Donors". Retrieved 2015-05-29.
11. "https://www.cameri.co.il/xmedia-cameri/repo/feats//pdf/1056.pdf" (PDF). www.cameri.co.il. Retrieved 2015-06-06. External link in |title= (help)
12. "Supporters/Press - Annual Review 2010 - Victoria and Albert Museum". www.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
13. "Courtauld Institute of Art : Newsletter Archive". courtauld.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
14. "(010615) Deans Council Program" (PDF). www.hks.harvard.edu. Harvard University. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
15. "British ORT gears up for another great 90 years | World ORT". www.ort.org. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
16. "New survey shows Gove makes big bucks from banks". USI - Union Solidarity International. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
17. Journal, Elena Cherney Staff Reporter of The Wall Street (2000-08-16). "Successful Business Family Passes On Its Knowledge". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2015-06-06. line feed character in |title= at position 27 (help)