OBITUARY
Raymond Ackerman: the man who made the consumer queen
The Pick n Pay founder, who had a genius for knowing what people want, has died aged 92
10 September 2023 - 00:00
In anyone’s language, Pick n Pay founder Raymond Ackerman’s life was a brilliant achievement. And yet what really defined Ackerman, who has died in Cape Town at 92, was not brilliance as much as sheer, bloody-minded determination...
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