Made in SA

Go your own way

He may only be 24, but Justin Stanford has the world in his sights. And nothing is about to stop him.

01 July 2008

Meet Justin Stanford, the 24-year-old CEO of ESet Southern Africa - which has five percent of the South African anti-virus market - and Fireflight, the two-factor authentication company that caused such a fuss at the recent Computer Faire.

You don't get to live your dream as quickly as he has by wasting time or following the norm. Rondebosch-based Stanford tells of a farm upbringing and attending school in Somerset West, where he was a top performer. He was urged to continue the family tradition of a respectable university degree and finding his way in the world in the usual way.

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