Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa September 2015 | Page 15

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am Golding, founder and now Life President of the globally
recognised and locally celebrated Pam Golding Property Group, is
not only an icon in the property industry and a powerful, positive
role model for women and young South African entrepreneurs, she is
internationally acknowledged as one of the world’s leading businesswomen.
Pam Golding Properties was launched in the challenging year of
1976 with virtually no capital, no leads, no infrastructure and just one
sales assistant. Infused with Pam’s ethos, unerring talent for successfully
matching buyers and sellers, graceful style, networking skills and passion
for property, the Pam Golding brand today remains associated with the
highest levels of professionalism, client service, ethics, leadership and
innovation.
Of great importance to her, in recent years Mrs Golding’s role has
evolved beyond the business of property into one of an ambassadorial
nature as a global networker and facilitator, encompassing both the
promotion of South Africa and its diversity of investment opportunities
to the world at large.
Over the years she has been honoured for her leadership skills
and personal achievements with an impressive array of national and
international awards – presented by her peers and the business sector.

INVESTMENT
PHILOSOPHY

Where were you born and where did you grow up and go to school?
I was born in Umtata in the Transkei and was educated there until the last
two years of high school when I attended Collegiate in Port Elizabeth as
a boarder. My years in Umtata were wonderful, there was only one street,
we knew everyone and they were all so friendly.
What did you study and where did your career begin?
In 1948 I obtained a BA degree majoring in English and Music, obtaining
a distinction in Psychology at UCT
Did you always know that you would be in this line of work?
No. My first job was as personal assistant to the Student Advisor,
Dr Oswald Black at the (then) University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg.
Thereafter I went to Cape Town and sold memberships to the Junior
Literary Society, which entitled members to 12 volumes of books called
“The Treasure Casket”. From the commission I earned I managed to pay
for my mother and I to go to England on the Union Castle Line and we
travelled all over Europe together! So I did know that I was confident and
successful in sales.
What inspires you?
Success and people – I am passionate about people, enjoy a challenge, am
proudly South African and have enjoyed creating partnerships and long
lasting relationships with people, based on loyalty, respect and honesty.
Who have been the people in your life who have had the most profound
influence on you and why?
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Infused with Pam’s ethos, unerring
talent for successfully matching buyers
and sellers, graceful style, networking
skills and passion for property, the
Pam Golding brand today remains
associated with the highest levels of
professionalism, client service, ethics,
leadership and innovation.
“My parents prioritised the values
important in a small community such
as discipline, respect, high standards
and strong principles and reared my
brothers and I accordingly. In fact, I
owe the values that the Pam Golding
brand is built on to them - values such
as honesty, integrity, service excellence
and caring – these principles supported
by a strong sense of energy and passion
for what I and we do at PGP.”
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