Full Name: Tinashe Ruzane

Position and Company Name: Cofounder and CEO of FlexClub

Main Activity of the Company: FlexClub is a car subscription platform offering members a flexible way to shop for vehicles

Date and Place of Birth: October 25, Harare, Zimbabwe

Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, University of Pretoria; MBA, Gordon Institute of Business Science

First Job: Selling golf clubs and camping equipment on weekends as a student

Size of First Pay Packet: R300 per weekend

Career Path to Date: I started at Deloitte and then joined an impact investment fund. After its official launch in South Africa in 2013, Uber approached our fund to help drivers access finance. In 2015 I joined Uber, where I worked with the finance and automotive industries to design products especially for Uber drivers, to improve access to cars. My role rapidly expanded to include the rest of Africa, the Middle East and Europe, and this saw me move to Amsterdam at the end of 2016. While working at Uber in Europe, I realised a huge asset financing shift was on the way in the automotive industry and I wanted to be part of it, but in my home market. So, I decided to start FlexClub, along with Marlon Gallardo and Rudolf Vavruch

Value of Assets under Your Control: More than R300-million worth of assets (fleets) distributed through our platform by merchants

Number of People under Your Leadership: Over 50 people in 12 cities

Management Style: Our culture celebrates those that can independently solve problems with imperfect information and/or limited resources

Personal Best Achievement: Investing in becoming a better entrepreneur

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My mother

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: I have worked under incredible leaders throughout my career, from whom I have learnt a lot

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Reed Hastings – for the level of clarity he seems to have as a leader

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: At the moment I am super impressed by Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky

Philosophy of Life: Nothing ventured, nothing gained

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Getting a rare opportunity to be part of a team building the most transformative transport business of my generation.

Biggest Ever Disappointment: My failed experiments with multilevel marketing selling meal supplements while studying

Hope For the Future: That South Africa manages to eradicate violent crime

Favourite Reading: I find myself reading a lot more short-form content (articles, blogs and so on) these days

Favourite TV Programme: I am currently enjoying Ozark

Favourite Food/Drink: Whisky sours/Asian cuisine

Favourite Music: House music

Favourite Sport: Golf

Hobbies: Watching documentaries that expose the inner workings of things I have always wondered about

Car: I subscribe, so they keep changing

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: When reality falls far short of expectations – especially when it comes to people

Married: To Angel

Children: A three-month-old daughter

Clubs: Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance and Endeavor