Johann Rupert has had an amazing “run” in the media since the announcement last week that he’ll come back as CEO of Richemont early next year. I’ve written (see article below) about the dailies FTD and Handelsblatt, which both called Rupert “Africa’s Warren Buffett”.

The German business weekly WirtschaftsWoche, which will be on the shelves this morning, also featured Rupert in an article – also with the headline “Africa’s Warren Buffett”. The story is about Remgro and writes it up as a good investment.

But, the icing on the cake was this blog entry in the luxury magazine Haute Living. Not for what was written (in fact, definitely not for what was written), but for the picture.

The hard-working, unappreciated Afrikaans business journalists at Naspers will be very pleased to see that “Africa’s Warren Buffett” and someone who features on the Forbes “Richest in the World” list, reads Afrikaans business papers…it looks like Sake-Rapport, or is it Sake-Beeld?

This picture cries out to be used in an ad campaign for Sake. I’m sure Johann won’t mind. Come on…go for it Naspers.

Tags: Johann Rupert, Richemont

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