Guest
Chartered accountant, finance educator and co-author of Underdogs
Michael Hinton was interviewed on Watts Involved, David Watts's South African podcast, in one episode.
Michael Hinton takes the hard and makes it simple. He believes every business has a success story hiding in its numbers, and for over 25 years he’s helped business owners read theirs and write their next chapter.
A Chartered Accountant turned serial entrepreneur, Michael is a trusted business advisor and a much-loved finance educator. He lectures at GIBS and other leading business schools, and his insights have shaped strategy in boardrooms from Discovery to BMW to Vodacom. He has worked in seven SADC countries, Australia and the UAE.
He is the co-author, with Vusi Thembekwayo, of the bestseller Underdogs: How small players can become business titans (Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2026). The book shows how being underestimated can become your biggest advantage.
What if being underestimated is the advantage? My guest is Michael Hinton: born and bred in Joburg, trained through auditing articles and evening study with UNISA, then a Fortune 500 company, management consulting and…