Dr H.F Verwoerd before he becomes the prime minister, would want to give him some pointers as to how to not screw it up.
The first time I read the text, I read Someone from the past. If so it would be:
Nikola Tesla
This is the father of AC electricity, and also so many other inventions that other people were eventually credited for(for example, he invented the short-wave radio and not Marconi).
Then after reading your comments, I realised that this could also be someone from the present. If it is someone from the present:
Elon Musk
This guy wrote a game, sold it to make money. Then created Paypal. Then sold Paypal and made money. Now he is the brain behind some of the world's most innovative companies like Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity, and he created and open-sourced the plans for his Hyperloop. The man is a genius, we will talk about him in the future in the same way we do about people like Einstein now...