Allan Gray is an investment management company from South Africa. The company also has offices in Botswana, Namibia and Eswatini, and maintains a close relationship with sister companies Orbis Investment Management and Allan Gray Australia. Its clients include institutional investors, individual investors, insurance companies, trusts, foundations and foreign institutions.Allan Gray Investment Counsel was founded in October 1973 by Allan W.B Gray. The firm won its first client in 1974. In 1989, Gray set up Orbis Investment Management, an international investment management company.The firm was incorporated and changed its name to Allan Gray Limited in 1992. In 1996, the firm opened an office in Windhoek, Namibia. In 1998, the firm started offering retail investment products.An office was established in Gaborone, Botswana in 2004. Allan Gray invests in assets across the African continent and employs over 1,000 employees.