Villiers, Pieter Johannes de ()
Composer's country: South Africa
Gender:M
Born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal
Date of birth
Century: 20
Comment(s): Choir master, Accompanist (piano), ; Composer for choir and solo voice, ; Lecturer in piano and organ
David Pieter de Villiers Graaff Baronet ( - )
Biography
David Pieter de Villiers Graaff Baronet is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa
Birth
- Name: David Pieter de Villiers Graaff[1]Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff Bart.[2]
- Event date: 30 Mar [1]
- Event Place: Villiersdorp, Cape Colony[1][2]
- Father's Name: Petrus Norbertus Graaff[1][2]
- Mother's Name: Anna Elizabeth de Villiers[1][2]
Baptism
- Event Date: 8 May [1]
- Event Place: Villiersdorp, Cape Colony[1]
- Witnesses: David Pieter de Villiers; Machdel
Marriage
- Groom: David Pieter de Villiers Graaff[2]David Pieter de Villiers Graaff Baronet[3]
- Occupation: Cabinet minister[3]
- Age: 53 years bachelor[3]
- Bride: Magdalena Susanna van Heerden[3][2]
- Age: 23 years spinster[3]
- Event Date: 5 Feb [3]
- Event Place: Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa [3][2]
Death
- Event Date: 13 Apr [2]
- Age: 72 years [2]
- Event Place: Zonnekus, Milnerton, Cape Province, Union of South Africa[2]
- A baronet is styled Sir A.B., Bt, to distinguish him from a knight. The baronetage is not part of
Pieter GR de Villiers voltooi sy studie aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) met ’n BA (cum laude) in , ’n BA Honneurs (in Grieks, cum laude) in Maart , ’n BTh (cum laude) in November en ’n LicTheol (cum laude) in Sy doktorale studie voltooi hy aan die Teologiese Universiteit in Kampen in Nederland (ThDrs, ) en aan die US (DTh, ). Hy beklee akademiese poste aan die US (–84), die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika (–88) en Rhodes Universiteit (–). Sedert is hy verbonde aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV), waar hy buitengewone professor in die Departement Nuwe Testament is.
De Villiers het reeds 95 referate by internasionale en nasionale byeenkomste en vakverenigings gelewer en was al gasdosent by universiteite in die Verenigde Koninkryk, Namibië, Switserland, Rusland, Nederland, België en die VSA. Hy was en is lid van 15 nasionale en internasionale vakverenigings, onder andere, op uitnodiging, van die Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Hy was lid van die bestuur van die Nuwe-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap van Suid-Afrika en die Assosiasie van Suidelike Afrikaanse Teologiese Instellings, en voorsitter van die Suider-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Bybel- en Godsdienskunde, die DAAD A
Pieter de Villiers began his career as an optometrist, but quickly pivoted into the world of technology entrepreneurship when he realised running a retail store was not his cup of tea.
Today, the business he co-founded with his twin brother Casper and two others &#; Danie du Toit and Patrick Lawson &#; is chasing down US$1-billion in annual revenue in the coming years and is helping invent the fledgling world of &#;chat commerce&#;.
De Villiers joins Duncan McLeod on the TechCentral podcast to talk about Clickatell&#;s journey, including the early days of the business, how it raised funding from Sequoia Capital &#; becoming the first African company to successfully get funding from the storied venture capital firm &#; and why he spent 10 years living in Silicon Valley, only to return to South Africa in Listen to the interview below.
He talks about how Clickatell helped WhatsApp become the messaging giant it is today (co-founder Jan Koum was a fan of Clickatell&#;s technology) and how the company has used WhatsApp as a basis to build solutions in the areas of chat banking and chat commerce.
He also talks about Clickatell&#;s future plans and comments on whether an IPO
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