[2] Ronnie Apteker was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and attended high school before enrolling at the University of the Witwatersrand,[3] where he graduated cum laude with an M.Sc.
In February 1994, he presented a paper on Distributed Multimedia to the International Society for Optical Engineering in San Jose, California.
[7] In 2002, Apteker sponsored and produced the Laugh Out Loud fundraiser, South Africa's largest stand-up comedy TV show.
[8] As a recognized business leader[9] and speaker he has appeared at the Discovery Leadership alongside others such as Sir Richard Branson, Tony Blair and Al Gore[10] Since 2000, Apteker has been one of the leading independent film producers in South Africa.
[weasel words][15][16] Apteker's involvement in the South African comedy club scene has led to several comedians appearing in his films, most notably Riaad Moosa, Joey Rasdien and Vincent Ebrahim from the BBC's The Kumars at No.