Wilmot James

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wilmot James
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 5, 1953(1953-07-05)
Age	71
Birthplace	Paarl
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Cancer

Wilmot James Biography

Wilmot James is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 5, 1953 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. Wilmot James was born in Paarl on July 5, 1953 He was the son of Peter Charles James and Shelma Rumine Hartel. He was a student at Athlone High School, and graduated in the year 1970.

James was a trustee for the Ford Foundation of New York between 1996 and 2009.

James was appointed an Executive Director at the Human Sciences Research Council in 2001, a position he held until 2004.

In 2003 he was the Gordan Moore Distinguished Visiting Professor at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

In 1993, he relocated in 1993 to Cape Town to become Professor of Sociology at the University of Cape Town. He was appointed Executive Director for IDASA, the Institute for Democracy in South Africa in 1994. He worked at IDASA until 1998. In 1999, he was named the Dean of Humanities at the University of Cape Town.

Wilmot James Net Worth

Wilmot James is one of the richest Politician from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wilmot James 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Professor Wilmot Godfrey James MP (born 5 July 1953) is a noted South African academic-turned-politician, who served as the country’s Shadow Minister of Health and as a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance, and served as DA Federal Chairperson 2010-2015. James then ran for the position of leader of the party however, he lost the race against Mmusi Maimane. James was the director for Sanlam, Media24 and the Africa Genome Education Institute, as well as chairman of both the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Immigration Advisory Board of South Africa. James was also a member for the Ford Foundation of New York. He is currently a Visiting Professor in Politics, Science as well as Pediatrics in Columbia University.

James completed his studies at The University of the Western Cape in 1977, with an undergraduate degree with a bachelor of Arts Honours cum laude. He was awarded a Fulbright Award to pursue studies at the United States, and attained his MS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1978 and then an PhD in the same school in 1982. In 1985, he completed an post-doctoral fellowship with Yale University. He was a Visiting Professor at Indiana University Bloomington in 1990, and a Visiting Fellow at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago in 1992.

In 2001, James was appointed Associate Editor at the Cape Argus newspaper, but left the paper later that year. In 2004 he became a Director at Naspers’s Media24.

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Wilmot Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Wilmot James celebrates birthday on July 5 of every year.