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BOOKS

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ANTON
RUPERT

By Ebbe Dommisse
The extraordinary life of tycoon and
philanthropist Dr Anton Rupert is
told in full in this updated version of
the best-selling biography.

This is the story of a Karoo boy who
grew up during the Depression,
struggled to find money to study
science, and then made good as
a businessman, spectacularly so,
reaching the Forbes list of the 500
wealthiest people worldwide.
Unlike Harry Oppenheimer, Rupert
was no heir; neither did he make
his millions from mining. His
Rembrandt Group of manufacturers
became known across the globe,
owning brands like Cartier, Dunhill,
Rothmans and Montblanc. Within a
few decades, a family dynasty was
built, making the Ruperts, next to
the Oppenheimers, the richest family
in Africa.
invaluable business lessons. Anton
This compelling book, based on Rupert’s insights into job and wealth
extensive research, does justice to a creation are more relevant today than
South African icon whose life contains ever.
MY FAVOURITE
new philosophy and methodology THE WEALTH MISTAKE
‘This book is about a completely
are not schooled, trained or even MONEY CAN’T BUY By Marian Keyes R385
of success and wealth that we
encouraged to consider. But
one that will bring us sustained By Robin Sharma Anna has just lost her taste for the Big
happiness, personal freedom and Apple… yet she has a life to envy. An
lasting internal peace.’ – Robin apartment in New York. A well-meaning
Sharma. (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-
flying job in beauty PR. Who wouldn’t want
In a world fixated on the all that? Anna, it turns out.
conventional notion of success
– marked by relentless hustle, Turning a minor mid-life crisis into a major
sacrificing wellbeing and missing life event, she bins the lot, heads back
out on cherished moments with to Ireland, and gets a PR job for a super-
loved ones in the pursuit of fame high-end coastal retreat. Tougher than it
and material possessions – Robin sounds. Newsflash: the locals hate it. So
Sharma introduces a paradigm much so, there have been threats – and
shift. In The Wealth Money violence.
Can’t Buy, Sharma rewires our
perception of wealth to include not Anna, however, worked in the beauty
just financial success, but seven industry. There’s no ugliness she hasn’t
other essential forms of wealth: seen. No wrinkle she can’t smooth over.
growth, wellness, family, craft, Anna’s got this. Until she discovers that
community, adventure, service. leaving New York doesn’t mean escaping
Filled with powerful life lessons her mistakes.
and practical tools, The Wealth
Money Can’t Buy will help you Once upon a time she’d had a best friend.
to stop chasing the wrong kinds Once upon a time she’d loved a man. Now
of riches and set you on a she has neither. And now she has to face
transformative path towards a truly them. We all make mistakes. But when do
rich and abundant life filled with we stop making the same one over and
joy, peace and freedom. over again?
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