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CNET
March 30, 2018
June 19, 2017, a news site in South Africa runs a story. It's no normal story. "National Treasury Sold to Johann Rupert," reads the headline. In a majority black country, Rupert, a white business magnate worth an estimated $7 billion, is the second richest man. There was no evidence to support the explosiveÃâà...
Financial Mail
March 22, 2018
"The chairman [Johann Rupert] at the AGM last year said Remgro was given very bad financial advice around [health-care subsidiary] Mediclinic International. Now we are seeing that repeated at RMH." Logan said the bigger discount at RMH shaved 3%-4% off Remgro's intrinsic value. He hopes RemgroÃâà...
ESPN
March 21, 2018
Kallis said memorably at the time that the landmark, which he took 242 Test innings to achieve, was less significant than the door it opened - free access to billionaire Johann Rupert's prestigious Leopard Creek Golf Course. "I'm almost more excited about the golf membership than I am about the double-hundred," he joked.
Boing Boing
March 20, 2018
Tobacco heir Johann Rupert is worth $7.5B; he's head of Cartier, Montblanc, Chloe and other luxury goods labels, having returned to the helm of his Richemont holding company after a year-long fly-fishing sabbatical; in a speech to the Financial Times Business of Luxury Summit in Monaco he revealedÃâà...
Fashionista (blog)
March 20, 2018
... in an expanding online market for luxury goods: "With this new step, we intend to strengthen Richemont's presence and focus on the digital channel, which is becoming critically important in meeting luxury consumers' needs," said Johann Rupert, chairman of Richemont in a statement to WWD. {WWD}.
Footwear News
March 17, 2018
Johann Rupert, chairman of Richemont, said the bond transaction “positions Richemont with European bond investors for the first time. We are pleased with the support the inaugural bond issue has received from investors which demonstrates confidence in the quality of our assets and strength of ourÃâà...
Business Day
March 17, 2018
Luxury goods maker Richemont said on Friday it had raised €3.75bn in its inaugural euro-denominated bond issue. The net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include funding the acquisition of Yoox Net-A-Porter Group. Chairperson Johann Rupert said in a statement that theÃâà...
Fin24
March 17, 2018
He will leave the service of Rupert & Rothschild Vignerons at the end of May to pursue new opportunities in the SA wine industry. Johann Rupert, chair of the board of directors of Rupert & Rothschild Vignerons, says it has been an honour to have had Joubert at the winery for two decades. “He was with usÃâà...
africanews
March 9, 2018
Africa's richest man Nigerian billionaire Alhaji Aliko Dangote may be top of the rankings in Africa but at the global level, he rounded off as the 100th richest. This is according to U.S.-based Forbes Magazine in the latest release of its annual list of the world's richest persons (2018). With a fortune estimated atÃâà...
Business Day
March 8, 2018
Nicky Oppenheimer overtakes Johann Rupert as five South Africans are dollar billionaires. SA's richest man is worth $7.7bn according to the annual list published by Forbes. 08 March 2018 - 13:15 Staff Writer. Five South Africans are in the world's most exclusive club for dollar billionaires. The latest rankings released byÃâà...
BizNews
March 7, 2018
JOHANNESBURG — From starting as a small fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) project in Johannesburg's Parkhurst in 2014 to becoming the chief disruptor on a national level in high-speed internet in South Africa, Vumatel has made some serious waves in the country's ICT landscape. Now it's on the cusp of anÃâà...
The South African
March 7, 2018
Diamond mogul, Nicky Oppenheimer came in at number 202 with $7,7 billion, followed by Johann Rupert ($7 billion), Koos Bekker ($2,6 billion), Patrice Motsepe ($2,4 billion) and Stephen Saad ($1,2 billion). One person who slipped in the ranks includes Donald Trump whose fortune fell $400 million sinceÃâà...
Moneyweb.co.za
March 7, 2018
Johann Rupert could combine Vumatel with rival Dark Fibre Africa if acquisition is successful. Picture: Bloomberg. Remgro is in advanced talks to buy fiber provider Vumatel as South Africa's richest man seeks to consolidate the country's expanding broadband infrastructure industry, according to peopleÃâà...
Citizen
March 5, 2018
He tweeted on Monday morning that his organisation would lay murder charges against Enterprise Foods and Rainbow Chicken, which he says has links to business magnate Johann Rupert. BLF will today open cases of murder against Enterprise Foods and the Johann Rupert owned Rainbow Chicken.
Herald live
March 4, 2018
Returning to the manor house, we're treated to the fascinating Cape of Good Hope range made from some of the country's oldest vines in different locations around the winelands, our host explaining that these 50-to-80-year-old vines form part of owner Johann Rupert's mission to preserve the Cape'sÃâà...
Times LIVE
February 13, 2018
The Black First Land First Movement could be slapped with an interdict to stop it from occupying one of the country's most prestigious farms. The farm‚ in Franschhoek‚ is linked to businessman Johann Rupert - ranked by Forbes as South Africa's second richest man. According L'Ormarins (Pty) Ltd's legalÃâà...
Politicsweb
February 13, 2018
Black First Land First Western Cape (BLF-WC) is not phased by Johann Rupert's tantrums. Rupert continues to use courts to interdict BLF from the land that his family stole from the black majority. The vexatious interdicts are meant to intimidate and dissuade BLF from exercising its mission, which is toÃâà...
BusinessTech
February 12, 2018
If South Africa's richest man, Johann Rupert, had to run South Africa with his personal wealth, he wouldn't even be able to keep the government going for a full month. This is one of the findings of Bloomberg's latest Robin Hood Index for 2018, which measures how global billionaires could improve the livesÃâà...
Citizen
February 5, 2018
EFF leader Julius Malema came out guns blazing as he lashed out at ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa for allegedly being a pawn of the white monopoly capital led by Johann Rupert. Malema further accused him of acting like Jacob Zuma when it came to 'jobs for pals' in state organs because he hired aÃâà...
Business Day
February 4, 2018
Convergence: Former presidents Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk, with business leaders Johann Rupert, back left, and Hasso Plattner, back right. Picture: RAYMOND PRESTON. To resolve SA's inherent contradictions we must tackle an entrenched elitist agenda of narrow and vestedÃâà...
Footwear News
December 31, 1999
“With this new step, we intend to strengthen Richemont's presence and focus on the digital channel, which is becoming critically important in meeting luxury consumers' needs,” Richemont CEO Johann Rupert said. Federico Marchetti, founder of Yoox and CEO of YNAP, added that the move was a “historicÃâà...
News24
December 31, 1999
Cape Town - An interdict application, lodged in an attempt to keep Black First Land First (BLF) off properties and wine farms owned by businessman Johann Rupert, was postponed by the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. "The judge ruled that it be postponed to April 10 because all the listed peopleÃâà...
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