Found by mining magnates De Beers in the Cullinan mine here in South Africa, the 15,1 carat, step-cut beauty was sold yesterday.
Even though Johannesburg remains home to most of South Africa’s high net worth individuals, Cape Town has the most expensive and exclusive suburbs.
Made in 2015, Musk acquired Gulfstream’s flagship plane, the G650ER, in 2016.
Since Christie’s Real Estate has put up the listing, there’s a rare opportunity to “own the New York City landmark and inhabit a living work of art.”
In recent weeks, social media has been awash with people questioning how the Ukrainian president came to be a billionaire.
When you think of the South African rand compared to the pound, for example, you don’t exactly see gold. But that is precisely the history behind the name of our currency.
The Southeast Asian country’s leader and prime minister is known as “the godfather of excess”, which might just be putting it lightly.
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MrBeast knows no limits and is more than happy to dish out the cash (in large, incomprehensible amounts) to whoever is lucky enough to be chosen as a participant in his latest video.
The kids of the Kremlin are exactly doing what Russian President Vladimir Putin sees as unpatriotic: living luxurious lives outside of Russia.
It’s not often that, following an unfortunate encounter with a rude person, you end up $10 million richer.
This local pastor is going to trial for allegedly faking the death of his estranged wife and is also under investigation for the identity theft of a rival church leader who passed away.
Despite the global economy suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic and now the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a few lucky billionaires have added substantially to their wealth.
You know you’re doing okay when your net worth dwarfs the GDPs of major nations.
Approximately a quarter of the 2 668 billionaires on this year’s Forbes billionaires list live in just 10 cities.
Mooring a superyacht in Monaco during one of its peak annual events comes with a high cost and fierce competition.
The $100 billion club is one of the most elite clubs in the world and has just welcomed a new member.
During his tennis career, Boris Becker earned an estimated £38 million (roughly R730 million) in prize money and sponsorship deals. By 2017, he was declared bankrupt.
Perhaps the lesson here is to be wary of those who feel the need to be so vocal about their financial success.
Elon Musk is sitting pretty atop various lists of the world’s wealthiest people. It’s not an honour he thinks actually belongs to him.
SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter has made it clear that tax rogues are in the crosshairs, and recent action backs that up.
Naspers, which owns large stakes in South African companies like Media24, MultiChoice, and Takealot, has long been popular with those who dabble on the JSE.
Scott signed the Giving Pledge, which means she is among the billionaires who have promised to donate more than half their wealth before they die.
Many Russian oligarchs and billionaires are notoriously skilled at hiding their assets behind shell companies and other similar methods.
Anna Sorokin, the fake German heiress who claimed to be worth $60 million, recently said that amount is actually “borderline poor in New York”.
Simon Leviev, AKA Shimon Hayut, pretended to be the son of Lev Leviev, an actual diamond mogul with an interesting rise to riches and a South African connection.
This man thought he was going to her apartment for a booty call, but it turned into hours of “sadistic” torture, including a demand of $100 000 in ransom.
Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko’s estimated $580 million, 140-metre “Sailing Yacht A” superyacht was dramatically seized in the Italian port of Trieste.
As it stands, Forbes has uncovered “at least 36 properties owned by 10 sanctioned Russian oligarchs, stretching from Connecticut to Sardinia”.
Selling ‘The One’, a Los Angeles mega-mansion that has been touted as America’s most expensive home, has been quite the challenge.