Dave King (businessman)
David Cunningham King (born 3 August 1955) is a Scottish-born, South African based former chairman of Rangers Football Club. Early life King, one of seven children, was born and brought up in the Castlemilk area of Glasgow. He attended Allan Glen's High School in the city after passing a bursary examination. He worked at Weir's Pumps in the nearby Cathcart area, before he was transferred to its South African operation in 1976. Business career Following the transfer to South Africa by his employer, King took on several business roles and accumulated substantial personal wealth. The extent of King's wealth remains undisclosed but was sufficient for him to be included in a South African 'Rich List' in 2012. He was a financial adviser to many South African public institutions including the South African Post Office and the South African Reserve Bank in his early stages before establishing a financial risk management company, Specialised Outsourcing, that won a contract to manage the treasury operations of Umgeni Water. On 14 June 2002 BBC News referred to South African reports that King faced eleven counts of tax related offences when he appeared at the Regional Court in Randburg, near Johannesburg. It was alleged that