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.
When it comes to the ‘Rule of 72’ compound interest is king.
Only names like Jeff Bezos, Beyoncé, and Jay-Z dare be associated with the world’s largest luxury superyacht available for charter.
Forbes has said that figuring out Putin’s net worth is “probably the most elusive riddle in wealth hunting”.
Three contestants took a frustrating eight turns and 10 attempts to solve a seemingly very simple puzzle.
The number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) grew substantially across the globe over the last two years, although the opposite is true for South Africa.
Consider animal role-play, sexualising horses, and eating off of and then shooting blow-up dolls that resemble Taylor Swift.
A mother and businesswoman testified in the Durban high court about her intense 162-day hostage situation.
Despite what has been previously reported, the idea is not so much about making immortality a thing and more about staving off the inevitable disease of ageing.
Anybody who was worked long enough in the service industry can tell you stories, but work in a hotel frequented by the top 1% and you’ll see some things.
A majority of the 25 highest-paid entertainers earned a combined $4,4 billion (before taxes and fees) without creating anything new.
An 80-year-old nun admitted to wire fraud and money laundering, which she committed in order to fund her gambling problem.
The former first lady of Amazon is clearly a far more charitable person than her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos.
A recent case saw the Supreme Court of Appeal hand down a ruling with important consequences for divorced couples with maintenance agreements in place.
As tough as stashing away a little money each month can be, failing to do so is really just kicking the can down the road.
They’ve been marketing ‘The One’, a Los Angeles giga-mansion that has been touted as America’s most expensive home, for years now.
Let me first ease your blood pressure by saying that January 31 is the deadline for provisional taxpayers, including trusts and companies.
There’s a bit of a “tribe” forming around luxury car brand Rolls-Royce, and they’re not the grey-haired retirees with old money that you might have imagined.