Etienne de Villiers, the Glossary
Etienne de Villiers is a South African investor and executive in global media and sports businesses.[1]
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59 relations: Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Bachelor of Science, BBC Worldwide, Betfair, Brenninkmeijer family, Civil engineering, Disney Experiences, Disney Store, Donald Trump, Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, ESPNcricinfo, F. W. de Klerk, Financial Times, Francois Pienaar, Grand Slam (tennis), In Search of Excellence, India Today, Inside Tennis, International Tennis Federation, Los Angeles Times, Marie Curie (charity), Martín Vassallo Argüello, Marussia Motors, Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin), Match fixing, McKinsey & Company, Mike Bryan, Mr. Mister, National Film and Television School, News24 (website), Nikolay Davydenko, Paul DeVilliers, Philosophy, politics and economics, Pretoria, Pretoria Boys High School, Rafael Nadal, Reuters, Rhodes Scholarship, Robert H. Waterman Jr., Roger Federer, Saracens F.C., Sol Kerzner, Ster-Kinekor, Tennis News, The New York Times, The O2 Arena, The Times of India, Time (magazine), Tom Peters, ... Expand index (9 more) »
- Tennis executives
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour.
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ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
The ATP Masters events, known as ATP Masters 1000 tournaments since 2009, are an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring the top-ranked players on the ATP Tour since its inception in 1990. Etienne de Villiers and ATP Masters 1000 tournaments are ATP Tour.
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Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
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BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995.
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Betfair
Betfair is a British gambling company founded in 2000.
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Brenninkmeijer family
Brenninkmeijer (Brenninkmeyer) is a Roman Catholic Dutch, German and Swiss family of manufacturers, which own an international chain of clothing stores.
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Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.
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Disney Experiences
Disney Experiences, commonly known as Disney Parks, is one of the three major divisions of The Walt Disney Company.
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Disney Store
The Disney Store is a chain of specialty stores created on March 28, 1987 and sells only Disney related items, many of them exclusive, under its own name and Disney Outlet.
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Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
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Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign
The 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump was formally launched on June 16, 2015, at Trump Tower in New York City.
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ESPNcricinfo
ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket.
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F. W. de Klerk
Frederik Willem de Klerk (18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996.
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Financial Times
The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.
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Francois Pienaar
Jacobus Francois Pienaar (born 2 January 1965) is a retired South African rugby union player.
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Grand Slam (tennis)
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year.
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In Search of Excellence
In Search of Excellence is a book written by Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. First published in 1982, it sold three million copies in its first four years, and was the most widely held monograph in the United States from 1989 to 2006.
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India Today
India Today is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited.
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Inside Tennis
Inside Tennis is a sports magazine that covers news from the world of tennis.
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International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Marie Curie (charity)
Marie Curie is a registered charitable organisation in the United Kingdom which provides hospice care and support for anyone with an illness they’re likely to die from, and those close to them, and campaigns for better support for dying people.
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Martín Vassallo Argüello
Martín Miguel Vassallo Argüello (born 10 February 1980) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina.
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Marussia Motors
Marussia Motors (Маруся) was a Russian sports car company founded in 2007.
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Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)
In the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts are promoted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts (MA) on application after six or seven years as members of the university, including years as an undergraduate.
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Match fixing
In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.
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McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company (informally McKinsey or McK) is an American multinational strategy and management consulting firm that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations.
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Mike Bryan
Michael Carl Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player.
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Mr. Mister
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National Film and Television School
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England.
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News24 (website)
News24 is an English-language South African news website created in October 1998 by the multinational media company, Naspers.
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Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko (Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player.
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Paul DeVilliers
Paul De Villiers is a sound engineer and record producer whose credits include Mr. Mister's best-selling 1985 album Welcome to the Real World and Yes's 1987 album Big Generator, which reached number 15 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart.
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Philosophy, politics and economics
Philosophy, politics and economics, or politics, philosophy and economics (PPE), is an interdisciplinary undergraduate or postgraduate degree which combines study from three disciplines.
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Pretoria
Pretoria, is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
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Pretoria Boys High School
Pretoria Boys High School (colloquially known as "Boys High") is a public, tuition-charging, English-medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Brooklyn in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa, founded in 1901 by Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner.
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Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
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Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Robert H. Waterman Jr.
Robert H. Waterman Jr. (November 11, 1936 - January 2, 2022) was a non-fiction author and expert on business management practices.
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Roger Federer
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player.
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Saracens F.C.
Saracens Rugby Club is an English professional rugby union club based in North London, England, currently playing in Premiership Rugby, the highest level of competition in English rugby.
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Sol Kerzner
Solomon 'Sol' Kerzner, (23 August 1935 – 21 March 2020) was a South African accountant and business magnate.
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Ster-Kinekor
Ster-Kinekor is a South African-based cinema company, and the country's largest movie exhibitor.
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Tennis News
Tennis News is a news source for the sport of tennis.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The O2 Arena
The O2 Arena, commonly known as The O2, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment district on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London.
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The Times of India
The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Tom Peters
Thomas J. Peters (born November 7, 1942) is an American writer on business management practices, best known for In Search of Excellence (co-authored with Robert H. Waterman Jr.). Etienne de Villiers and Tom Peters are McKinsey & Company people.
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Trinity College, Oxford
Trinity College (full name: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.
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University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.
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University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria (Universiteit van Pretoria, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.
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Virgin Racing
Virgin Racing (subsequently Marussia Virgin Racing) was a Formula One racing team which was under management of Manor Motorsport, Wirth Research and Richard Branson's Virgin Group and competed in with a British licence and in with a Russian licence.
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Walt Disney Television
The first and original incarnation of Walt Disney Television was an American production company and the original/former television production division of the Walt Disney Company which was active from 1983 to 2003.
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Welcome to the Real World (Mr. Mister album)
Welcome to the Real World is the second studio album by American pop rock band Mr. Mister, released on June 20, 1985, by RCA Records.
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Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis.
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1995 Rugby World Cup
The 1995 Rugby World Cup (Rugbywêreldbeker 1995), was the third Rugby World Cup.
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2009 Indian Premier League
The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009 IPL, was the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007.
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See also
Tennis executives
- Adam Helfant
- Alessandro Lessona
- Ali Nili
- Augusto Turati
- Brad Drewett
- Brad Parks (tennis)
- Brian Tobin (tennis)
- Carl August von der Meden
- Chris Kermode
- Chuka Momah
- Etienne de Villiers
- Franco Bartoni
- Gene Scott (tennis)
- Geoff Pollard
- Jim Boyce (tennis)
- Jim Macken (tennis)
- José Luis Escañuela Romana
- Jost Henkel
- Katrina Adams
- Laird Watt
- Larry Scott (sports administrator)
- Mark Ein
- Nancy Jeffett
- Portia Archer
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
- Radimir Čačić
- Rolf Thung
- Slaven Letica
- Steve Simon (tennis)
- Steve Wood (tennis)
- Treddy Ketcham
- Wayne Pascoe
- William Hester
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etienne_de_Villiers
, Trinity College, Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Pretoria, Virgin Racing, Walt Disney Television, Welcome to the Real World (Mr. Mister album), Women's Tennis Association, 1995 Rugby World Cup, 2009 Indian Premier League.