Donald Gordon (South African businessman)

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Donald Gordon is a South African businessman and philanthropist. The Royal Opera House and Wales Millennium Centre received a donation of £20 million payable over five years from the leading London based South African businessman Donald Gordon. This is believed to be the largest single private donation ever made to the arts in the UK, and as such has had the main auditorium of the Wales Millennium Centre named after him as well as the Grand Tier at the Royal Opera House. Educated at King Edward VII School and at Wits University before doing articles at Isaacs and Kessel. He is a Jewish CA(SA) and founded LIBERTY LIFE (listed on the JSE).