Etienne de Villiers

Etienne de Villiers
Born
Pretoria, South Africa
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Chairman, DataEQ; former chief executive of sports and media businesses; investor
Known forATP, Disney, BBC Worldwide
Board member ofDataEQ
Former board member of:
  • BBC Commercial Holdings Board
  • Englefield Capital
  • ITV plc
  • Video networks
  • SLEC
  • Jetix

Etienne de Villiers is a South African investor and executive in global media and sports businesses. He is chairman of DataEQ, a leading South African opinion mining company.

His former roles include executive chairman of the ATP Tour, president at Walt Disney Television International, chairman of BBC Worldwide, chairman of Virgin Racing F1 team, board member of Kirch/SLEC and ITV, director of Saracens rugby club and CEO of Satbel.