About WENDY
Bio
Wendy Appelbaum chairs De Morgenzon Estate, a wine farm and agricultural business in Stellenbosch.
Through The Wendy Appelbaum Foundation her company initiates, selects and drives programs addressing, in the main, the health and education interests and concerns of South African women.
Wendy holds various directorships, trusteeships and is a member of numerous organizations registered both in South Africa and abroad. These include that of the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre (Pty) Limited, a post-graduate teaching hospital of the University of the Witwatersrand; The Donald Gordon Foundation, the largest private charitable foundation in Africa; the World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF-SA).
Wendy is a member of Harvard University’s Women’s Leadership Board and Harvard’s Global Advisory Council. Wendy is also a member of the International Women’s Forum. She was previously the Deputy-Chairman of Womens’ Investment Portfolio Limited (Wiphold Limited), the first women controlled company to list on the JSE with then assets in excess of R1 billion.
Awards include, inter alia
2006 she was recognized as one of the Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World, an organisation that honours and promotes female entrepreneurial excellence.
2012 International Women’s Forum South Africa Excellence Award in Recognition of a Sterling Contribution to Business and Community.
2015 Forbes Woman Businesswoman of the Year.
2015 Forbes Africa Woman of the Year.
2017 Die Burger and Cape Town Business Chamber - Business Leader of the year.
2019 Doctor of Science in Medicine (Honoris Causa) - University of the Witwatersrand.