Jacobus Petrus "Koos" Bekker (born 14 December 1952) is a South African billionaire businessman, and the chairman of media group Naspers.
[citation needed] He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School,[3]: 17 New York and an honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University.
The group conducts business in Europe, Africa, Latin America, China, India, Russia, and various smaller countries.
[citation needed] In 2020, former South African Minister for Communications, Yunus Carrim testified to the Zondo Commission into State Capture that Bekker had played a significant role in irregularly pressuring government officials to protect MultiChoice's effective monopoly over South Africa's pay-TV sector.
[5] The Constitutional Court has held that Government's digital migration policy is not centered around individual players in the broadcasting industry and that the policy decision to dump decryption capability in government subsidized DTT set top boxes was in the best interests of the poor and the broader public.