Adrian Gore is a South African businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and group chief executive of

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Biography

Gore launched Discovery Limited, a medical insurer, in South Africa in 1992. In 1992, Gore raised seed money for Discovery from Laurie Dippenaar, and other funders who founded Rand Merchant Bank. Discovery has since evolved into a diversified and multinational financial services group. Prior to Discovery limited, Adrian Gore worked at Liberty Life, an insurance and investment firm. Adrian's hobbies are running, cycling, reading.

Recognition

Gore graduated from

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in 1986. He is a fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa, a fellow of the

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(

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), an associate of the

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), and a member of the

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. In 1998, Gore was recognised as South Africa's best entrepreneur by

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, and in 2004 was chosen as South Africa's leading CEO in the annual MoneyWeb CEO of the Year Awards. In 2008 he received the

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award for considerable contribution in a career or profession, and in 2010, was named as the

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business leader of the year. In 2013 Gore received the Manex Award from the

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Business School. In 2015, he was included in the

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list of "Africa's 50 Richest". In 2015 Adrian was the recipient of the McKinsey Geneva Forum of Health Award. Also, he included in "All Africa Businessman of the Year 2016". In August 2017, Adrian won the Frost & Sullivan Visionary Innovation Leadership Award for Africa. Gore chairs the South African chapter of

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