Stephen Margolis

Managing Director

Steven Margolis - Managing Director

Stephen Margolis is the founder and Managing Director of the Margolis Holdings group of companies. A serial entrepreneur and experienced businessman, Stephen’s business empire covers industries as wide-ranging as real estate, tourism, mining and general trading.

Born in 1951, in a village an hour to the east of Harare, Stephen spent much of his early life helping his parents farm their land or looking after their small herd of animals. After dropping out of school, Stephen moved to Harare where he found employment and worked for only ten years before starting on his own.

In 1981, soon after Zimbabwe’s independence, Stephen decided to go it alone and set up Margolis Trading. Stephen is an actively involved in the charity network in Zimbabwe and is an active member of the Rotary Club of Harare.

Today Stephen continues to lead the way in developing international business connections and pursuing outside investment into Zimbabwe. Stephen is the:

Past Chairman of the Malaysia-Zimbabwe business network and led a delegation to the Southeast Asian country. Past Chairman of international trade committee,
Past chairman of Center for Global Action ,
Past member of the Zimbabwe-China business network,
Past member of the Zimbabwe-India business network,
Founder and sponsor of Zimbabwe nurse of the year awards,
Has been board chairman and member for several private and state owned companies and institutions,
Member of Miss Albino trust, helping people living with albinism.

As an experienced businessman, Stephen offers advice and support to small businesses as well as lobbying government to improve the ease of doing business in Zimbabwe. He has been interviewed and profiled by a number of papers and magazines for his experiences, insight and analysis.

Outside work Stephen enjoys playing golf, reading, watching documentaries and, especially, spending quality time with his family and friends.

Leroy Margolis

Director

Leroy Margolis (Director)

Leroy is a Director of Margolis Holdings where he is involved in the finance, strategy and operations of the group as well as group strategy as the business looks to expand into new ventures.

Leroy is an experienced banker and qualified chartered accountant with a career focus on technology and technology clients. Before moving back to Zimbabwe in 2021 to join Margolis Holdings, Leroy led the finance function of a U.K.-based technology start-up (where he continues to consult) taking it from a pre-seed raise of US$2.5m in 2018 to a valuation of US$232M today.

Leroy is also the trustee of a tennis charity in the U.K., which focuses on providing children from disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity to engage in tennis for health and societal reasons and to find the future stars of tomorrow.

Outside work Leroy enjoys playing golf, reading, watching documentaries and taking on new and interesting physical challenges, such as the Three Peak Challenge or multiple half marathons run for charity.

Fadziso Nhende

General Manager & Head of HR

Fadziso Nhende - General Manager & Head of HR

Fadziso (“Fadzi”) is the General Manager of the Stephen Margolis Resort and the HR Manager for Margolis Holdings.

Fadzi joined Margolis Holdings in December 2008 as an administrator, before being promoted to her current role. Before joining Margolis Holdings Fadzi worked at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) as a Personnel Clerk, Procurement Clerk and then a Personnel Officer from 2004-2008.