Johann Rupert
South African businessman and former CEO of RichemontWikipedia
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Nov 2, 2026
MacGHOST
God forbid a young boy from Venda can dream.
MacGHOST
Have you seen what Johan Rupert's company owns? They own your tea bags.
MacGHOST
They own the soap, the detergent.
MacGHOST
In the bedroom, they own the bed.
Ben ColeyHOST
That was the point.
Ben ColeyHOST
You know, they got immediate... cash for doing nothing apart from being good as an amateur you can say that's earned I suppose but there was no formal process of there were many other fine young golfers who would have wanted that spot and they didn't get it because they happened to be Spanish and happened to be coached by Sergio you know whatever so yeah it's not surprising the thing for me is coming back to the DP World Tour and I think Eddie Pepperell alluded to it in his tweet didn't he and I think we mentioned last week Ewan Ferguson's tweet as well there's got to be some contrition maybe it happens behind the scenes but I will say for balance because I know we haven't got time necessarily to talk about it this week but there's a good news story from Ben Parsons about Andrea Pavan and and his recovery and the accident that happened to him and what's happened since and the support he's had from people like Johan Rupert.
Ben ColeyHOST
It's really well worth reading on Today's Golfer if you have got the time.
Ben ColeyHOST
But in that, you find that Sergio was one of those who donated money towards Pavan's sort of recovery.
Rob HersovGUEST
And then I went to run Morgan Stanley's media investment banking team in Europe.
Rob HersovGUEST
where I met Johan Rupert.
Rob HersovGUEST
who got me to join Richemont.
Rob HersovGUEST
I joined the main board of Richemont and I was there for quite a long time, which is where I met you, Jan. That's
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Rob HersovGUEST
They don't compare to Pretoria, Joburg, Cape Town.
Rob HersovGUEST
I mean, we have everything here.
Jan HugoHOST
But, I mean, people, you know, when Johan Rupert said in the White House that he sleeps with open doors, there was a flood of social media comment and people saying, you have no idea.
Jan HugoHOST
What do we say to average South Africans who are concerned about those things? You know, these refugees that are going to America that are concerned about physical safety.
Siaha TladiHOST
This was an opportunity for dialogue, the spirit of dialogue, right? But the South African delegation was not listened to at all because Trump continued to spread the lie of white genocide.
Siaha TladiHOST
Even after being told by Afrikaners themselves, rich Afrikaners, Boh, Johan Rupert, they were there.
Siaha TladiHOST
Johan Rupert, literally one of South Africa's richest, richest guys.
Siaha TladiHOST
I'm not sure if he's the richest or one of the richest.
Siaha TladiHOST
Let's look up on the search machine there.
Siaha TladiHOST
He has to be in the top five.
Siaha TladiHOST
In fact, I could even say top three.
Siaha TladiHOST
Johan Rupert, right.
Nqobile NdlovuGUEST
No, I think, I think, you know, I think in my personal opinion, it's a little bit of an undercount because we're not even valuing the, the size of...
Nqobile NdlovuGUEST
If you look at what happened with the Johan Rupert recently, actually, when, when he was at, in court, uh, w- with, with regards, I think it was Fancourt, one of his golf courses.
Nqobile NdlovuGUEST
It, the, the municipalities were valuing that property at, I think it was, like, three-point-something billion rand.
Nqobile NdlovuGUEST
And there's plent- we have plenty of golf, over 400 golf courses.
Ian RaeGUEST
You know, it was like mobile phones.
Ian RaeGUEST
So yeah, everything was organized, but, uh, Rupert, he, he was organized to look after everything.
Ian RaeGUEST
Yeah.
Ian RaeGUEST
So again, you know, you learn from your peers and stuff, you know, a great group.
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Ian RaeGUEST
So we flew down there, played a couple of events.
Ian RaeGUEST
We'd already had a squad down there.
Ian RaeGUEST
Johan Rupert always kept the tab up for that.
Ian RaeGUEST
So he would give us about 75 grand a year for different things.
James-Brent StyanGUEST
So that, to some extent, I think explains that question.
Darlene CremerHOST
ShopRite chairperson Christa Visser placed enormous trust in Markus Joester, while ShopRite CEO Whitey Besson and South African businessman Johan Rupert spotted several warning signs.
Darlene CremerHOST
You describe how a 2015 Rugby World Cup trip, where Steinhoff spent between 60 and 80 million rand entertaining clients and partners, prompted Besson to question who was actually paying.
Darlene CremerHOST
Please can you talk to us about these dynamics?
Zane ScotlandHOST
There are, there were quite a few LIV golfers playing, uh, that tournament, uh, via invite.
Zane ScotlandHOST
Johann Rupert is, uh, is the main sponsor, and he is the host of the tournament, and I'm sure he has a lot of sway over who gets in.
Zane ScotlandHOST
And it seemed not too much of an issue for the LIV golfers to be playing.
Zane ScotlandHOST
There was a, a good number of LIV golfers playing, or former LIV players playing.