Adrian Gore

Infobox Person
name =Adrian Gore
nationality =South African
birth_date = birth date and age|1964|5|16

Adrian Gore is a leading South African businessman. He is the CEO of Discovery Holdings Ltd. and Chairman of both [http://www.destinyhealth.com Destiny Health Inc.] in the USA and Prudential Health Limited in the UK.

He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) with a B.Sc. (Honours) in Actuarial Science. In 1990, he was admitted as a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries (Edinburgh) and in 1992 as an Associate of the Society of Actuaries (Chicago). He is also a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Discovery Health

In 1992, Adrian founded [http://www.discovery.co.za Discovery Health] , South Africa's largest medical aid, providing healthcare for more than 218,000 companies and 1.8 million people.

Discovery Health pioneered rewards based healthcare with its Vitality program, for which it holds a worldwide patent.

Other Awards

Adrian also serves on the Board of the Ethics Institute of SA and is currently the Chairman of the South African Board of Jewish Education. Adrian was chosen as South Africa’s Best Entrepreneur in the 1998 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and was voted as the most admired individual in medical aid and health insurance by the Professional Management Review. In 2000 Adrian was voted the South African Jewish Business Achiever Award and in 2004 he won the Moneyweb CEO of the Year Award.

References

* [http://www.endeavor.co.za/AdrianGoreBiography/tabid/3479/Default.aspx Adrian Gore Biography]
* [http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=3117176 Adrian Gore Interview]
* [http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=1076 Who's Who South Africa]