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	Moneyweb: South Africa's leading source for independent investment information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		JOHANN RUPERT: Well, Alec, about two-and-a-half years ago, post 9/11 and Sars, we were in a position where we had debt of some 1.7bn, and negative cash flow.
		JOHANN RUPERT: I think everybody’s put to rest and I think the analysts were happy this afternoon — and I’ve just in fact met with the Capital Group, who do own about 48m units, and they’re very happy with the position as well.
		JOHANN RUPERT: Alec, when I met you I was 29, and I went into banking and I knew far less about banking than he knows about luxury goods.
	www.moneyweb.co.za /moneyweb_radio/mny_power_hour/449045.htm (1967 words)

	business.iafrica.com \| company news Richemont dented by luxury downturn
		Chief executive Johann Rupert said in a statement the results were disappointing and this was partly due to the group's decision to continue to invest in its manufacturing, distribution and support infrastructure.
		Rupert said a number of firms in its Swiss operations would be merged to enhance efficiencies but brand independence would not be compromised and no layoffs were planned from its 4 800 staff in Switzerland.
		Richemont, established in 1988, is controlled by Compagnie Financiere Rupert which has 50.45 percent of the votes and 9.1 percent of the capital.
	business.iafrica.com /company/971025.htm (824 words)

	DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE, 2002 Dunhill Links Championship, Golf, Interviews, Quotes, ASAPSports ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		JOHANN RUPERT: This is unexpected because I told Iain he had to do the talking.
		JOHANN RUPERT: We did give it thought, and we decided that if you look at the Bing Crosby, which is now the AT&T, and it's been around, for, what, 40 years, and so I think we'll stick with that.
		JOHANN RUPERT: I thought Iain was going to cut the budget a little bit, because, as you know, it's not exactly booming times.
	www.asapsports.com /golf/2002dunhill/100202PC.html (2615 words)

	Ulysse Nardin Discussion Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rupert, head of Richemont, confirms: Innovation is a key to success...
		In a very interesting interview, given for the Swiss magazine "Cash" (for those of you able to read German, here is the complete interview: http://www.cash.ch/index.cfm?kat=1&rub=41&id=352), Johann Rupert, head of the now not so glowing Richemont luxury group, said that one of Richemont's failures is not to have enough innovative products.
		Rupert still does not know what luxury watch manufacturing really is. Apparently he thinks that synergy should be a key, but not in marketing and sales, but in administration and (at least that is what I understand) in production.
	www.network54.com /Forum/post?forumid=201110&messageid=1058134106 (521 words)

	Business Day - News Worth Knowing
		JOHANN Rupert’s move to Rembrandt was prompted by a change in circumstances.
		A situation that upset the Ruperts terribly arose in 1984 while Johann was on a week-long business visit to London, accompanied by his wife Gaynor and Coleen Carinus, the wife of his childhood friend Johan Carinus, a prominent Stellenbosch farmer.
		Johann’s reservations about Rembrandt’s overseas structure were two-fold: the foreign companies had made mistakes in his view, and sanctions against SA were gathering momentum.
	www.businessday.co.za /articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A90981 (1836 words)

	WorldTempus.com > Actualité > Revue de Presse > Anton Rupert, the King of Luxury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rupert is behind a négociant firm known as Bergkelder that produces several la-bels well-known in South Africa.
		Rupert's staff is fiercely loyal to him, and his ability to discover talented professionals and place them in key positions has served him well in wine (and in all his efforts, for that matter).
		Rupert is a punctual man, and he talks dismissively of one African leader who made him wait five hours for a meeting.
	www.worldtempus.com /wt/1/780 (5740 words)

	Sunday Times - South Africa's best selling newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rupert's invitation to speak about the experiences of Afrikaner business underlines a growing belief in certain sections of organised fl business that much can be learnt from how Afrikaners approached empowerment.
		But a forthright Rupert told more than 1 800 delegates that there was not much to learn from an approach largely motivated by racial exclusivity and "national socialism".
		For many years, Rupert said, the business was loss-making and at one stage Anton Rupert had to buy back some of the shares from dissatisfied shareholders.
	www.suntimes.co.za /2002/09/29/business/companies/comp01.asp (1026 words)

	business.iafrica.com \| business news 'Strong rand positive for SA's future'
		Although the strengthening of the rand against foreign currencies had a negative effect on the economy in the past year, the stability of the rand was "heartening" and created a climate for improved planning by the business sector, Remgro chairperson Johann Rupert says in the group's latest annual report, released last week.
		The international economy favours SA for the moment, but Rupert expressed concern about whether the US economy could maintain its growth rate in the medium term, particularly since the US and European economies were mainly sustained by cheap debt.
		Rupert said the strategy was to focus on global brands and strong local brands.
	business.iafrica.com /news/85693.htm (304 words)

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		Rupert encouraged his colleagues in corporate South Africa to end what he called an “embarrassing” state of inactivity.
		Rupert congratulated those involved in driving the concept, as well as the software developers, whose sophisticated program will account for weather conditions and standard of play in calculating winners in the virtual competitions.
		Rupert applauded the “slope rating” system, which he said acted in favour of “fairness and equity” in the competition.
	www.pgatour.co.za /?AID=116165 (484 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Reformation
		After long hesitation, the Reformation was accepted also at Berne, where an apostate Carthusian, Franz Kolb, with Johann and Berthold Haller, preached Zwinglianism; all the monasteries were suppressed, and great violence was exercised to force Zwinglianism upon the people of the territory.
		In 1537 Luther's companion Johann Bugenhagen (Pomeranus) was summoned from Wittenberg to Denmark to establish the Reformation in accordance with the ideas of Luther.
		At Kronstadt the Lutheran preacher Johann Honter gained the ascendency in 1534, the Mass being abolished and Divine service organized after the Lutheran model.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12700b.htm (10509 words)

	The Scotsman - International - Fall kills singer's former husband
		Mr Naess was on holiday with a fellow billionaire, Johann Rupert, on the South African’s wine estate at the foot of the Groot Drakenstein Mountain in the Cape when the accident happened.
		Mr Rupert told how he was watching his friend’s descent of the mountain through binoculars shortly before Mr Naess plunged to his death.
		"Mr Naess telephoned his host Johann Rupert [by mobile phone] shortly before 12:30pm to tell him that there was thick mist and that he would be descending the cliff," said Kevin Tromp of the Cape Wilderness Search and Rescue team, which recovered the body by helicopter.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=50402004 (703 words)

	L'ormarins - History
		Soon L’Ormarins was a respected landmark in the Cape winelands, boasting 4 000 well-established vines and gracing the Franschhoek Valley with its elegant manor house and outbuildings.
		The homestead and cellar — dating back to 1811 and 1799 respectively — were completely restored to their original Huguenot splendour in 1984 and have both been declared national monuments.
		Under the inspirational leadership of Johann Rupert, owner of the estate, the farm is entering into a new exciting era of development and renovations.
	www.lormarins.co.za /estate/history.asp (296 words)

	Financial Mail - Beyond the bottom line to a new society
		Remgro and Richemont chairman Johann Rupert and AngloGold CEO Bobby Godsell received an equal number of votes for the top position.
		Johann Rupert's empire was founded in the 1940s by his father Anton, the doyen of Afrikaner business.
		Rupert is renowned for having nurtured loyalty among his top management and for creating spectacular shareholder wealth and thousands of jobs.
	free.financialmail.co.za /projects/democracy/zdeml.htm (1528 words)

	Irish Rugby / News Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Skinstad, backed by Stellenbosch billionaire Johann Rupert, is hoping to establish an English club to be called London Tribe.
		If the new club were to be founded it would need the approval of the English RFU with the likelihood that the club starts off as a First Division entity and then have to move up into the English Premier League.
		Johann Rupert, - who will celebrate his 54th birthday on June 1st - the man with the money to make the new project happen has recently taken over the day-to-day running of the South African conglomerate Rembrandt, which his father Dr Anton Rupert built up from a small tobacco company.
	www.irishrugby.ie /newspage/49884.html (253 words)

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		Johann had gone off and was not aware of the change in my plans; but, as its only effect was to delay my arrival at his sister's for a few hours, there was no reason for troubling to inform him of it.
		It was the duke; and with him a burly fellow whom I knew well, and who had cause to know me afterwards--Max Holf, brother to Johann the keeper, and body-servant to his Highness.
		I had enquiries made, and they're all there--Lauengram, Krafstein, and young Rupert Hentzau: three rogues, too, on my honour, as fine as live in Ruritania." "Well?" "Well, Fritz wants you to march to the Castle with horse, foot, and artillery." "And drag the moat?'I asked.
	www.cs.utah.edu /~goller/books/HOPEANT/ZENDA10.NEW (21882 words)

	The Scotsman - Sport - Championship pledge to retain link (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Johann Rupert, chairman of the championship committee insisted: "We’re not really short-term players, so I would say we’re committed."
		However, the combination of a move to early October and assurances of support from the European Tour persuaded the luxury goods company to change their minds.
		The Dunhill consists of two competitions in one: the event for 168 individual professionals and the team competition for all the pros paired with 168 amateurs.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=1095582002 (203 words)

	CEO - The Man Who Would Be King of Luxury - Intro - FORTUNE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Johann Rupert came out of Africa to repair his collection of luxury brands.
		Johann Rupert lives in the lap of luxury.
		When he’s not in South Africa, where his family is second only to the Oppenheimers in wealth, Rupert is often on one of his two private jets, heading to Europe or Asia or the U.S. to attend to his far-flung business empire.
	www.fortune.com /fortune/ceo/articles/0,15114,1036959,00.html (347 words)

	Sat-ND, 8.7.96
		Rupert Murdoch is out of the Bertelsmann-CLT alliance, instead he will take over a 49 percent stake in Leo Kirch's digital package DF1.
		When German media group Bertelsmann AG and Luxembourg's group Audiofina SA signed a pact on merging their television units Ufa and CLT last weekend, it soon became clear that neither Mr Murdoch nor French pay-TV company would be involved.
		Mr Rupert, who wanted to acquire a stake of 26.5 percent, pulled back citing complicated regulatory issues in Germany as reason for his withdrawal.
	www.sat-net.com /listserver/sat-nd/msg00104.html (1455 words)

	BAT, Rothmans plan to merge
		The deal brings together the second and fourth largest international cigarette companies in the world, with a combined volume in 1997 of over 900 billion cigarettes and a worldwide market share of 16 per cent.
		Rupert is chief executive of Richemont and chairman of Rembrandt.The merger is conditional on regulatory and shareholder approval.
		Rupert said ``the long-term interests of the Rothmans group are bestserved by being part of a larger tobacco business which will have enhanced market positions and greater scale of operations''.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990112/01250345.html (504 words)

	Rosch / Roesch Genealogy
		Lieutenant Philip Rupert, who was born in Germany, and had served in Canada under the British, became a zealous patriot.
		On 12 Sep 1786, Barbara BOID was one of the sponsors for a daughter born to Jacob ROSCH and wife, Anna in Zion Church, Hamburg, Shenandoah Co., VA.
		RUPERT, Daniel: Would like to know wife and children of Daniel Rupert, b.
	members.aol.com /chiefstorm/gen/oth-r200.htm (1762 words)

	The Presidents Cup
		Combined donations from the players, Captains, Captains' Assistants and the PGA TOUR have amounted to $210,000 in donations to the South African Golf Development Board [SAGDB] on behalf of The Presidents Cup to help fund its programs in growing the game in South Africa.
		The donation was made Wednesday by PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem and Gary Player, International Team Captain in last year's Presidents Cup, to Johann Rupert, honorary president of the SAGDB.
		Johann Rupert receives the check from Player, Nicklaus and Finchem.
	www.presidentscup.com /news/combineddonations040704.html (497 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Lady to play on Sunshine Tour
		Rupert said he was approached by professional golfer Gavan Levenson with the idea to invite Ashley to play in the Tour Championship.
		Amid the current debate surrounding women in professional men’s tournaments around the world, Rupert said our professional golfers are not impaired by the participation of amateurs in the event, whether they are male or female.
		Simon, who started to play golf when she was six years old, is a member of Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, which she joined in May 1999 at the age of 10.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/301982.htm (629 words)

	Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Johann Rupert has built a high-end empire through business astuteness and a particular sense of fun
		World Eye Reports sat down to breakfast for a conversation with Johann Rupert, executive chairman of the Richemont Group - the world's second largest luxury goods company - at its Swiss base in Zug.
		The publicly traded Swiss holding company is famously known for such prestigious brands as Cartier, Piaget, Montblanc, Baume and Mercier, Officine Panerai, Montegrappa, Alfred Dunhill, Hackett, Sulka and Van Cleef and Arpels, and more recently the LMH watchmakers group comprising IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre and A Lange and Sohne.
	www.worldeyereports.com /Reports/swiss (650 words)

	Chapter A Night Outside the Castle of The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
		This I learnt from the man Johann, whom I was compelled to trust and send back to Zenda, where, by the way, Rupert Hentzau had him soundly flogged for daring to smirch the morals of Zenda by staying out all night in the pursuits of love.
		This, from Rupert, Johann deeply resented, and the duke’s approval of it did more to bind the keeper to my side than all my promises.
		Her joy at finding me up and well, instead of on my back and fighting with death, makes a picture that even now dances before my eyes till they grow too dim to see it; and her reproaches that I had not trusted even her must excuse the means I took to quiet them.
	www.bibliomania.com /0/0/25/53/18397/1.html (708 words)

	Richemont upbeat as profits rebound - Boston.com - Europe - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Demand for luxury goods is gaining pace after the deadly SARS virus in Asia and the war in Iraq suppressed spending in recent years.
		"I think we have got to fix it, it's as simple as that," Rupert said, pouring cold water on rumors the firm was set on a divestment spree one week after it announced the sale of men's clothing subsidiary Hackett Ltd.
		The firm announced that Simon Critchell, chief executive of Alfred Dunhill, had resigned and would be replaced by Christopher Colfer.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/06/09/richemont_profits_jump_good_year_ahead (611 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| tech news Bill Gates still richest
		Only two South Africans made the list - Nicky Oppenheimer and family ($3.3-billion) came in at 112 on the list, while cigarette purveyor Johann Rupert made it to 413 with a net worth of $1.1-billion.
		Rupert, who controls Swiss-based luxury products group Richemont, whose brands include Cartier and Dunhill, was already facing falling fortunes before the terrorist attacks, reporting a 21% downturn in his fortunes for the six months ending in September.
		The affable Rupert, who lives in Stellenbosch, also has stakes in South African companies Remgro and VenFin, a technology and telecommunications concern.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /technews/903676.htm (571 words)

	Welcome to the home of the Southern Africa Tour
		The 14-year old Ashleigh Simon, the leading lady amateur in South Africa, was invited play in the Sunshine Tour’s final summer event, the Tour Championship, which will be played at Leopard Creek from 19-22 February 2004.
		Sunshine Tour chairman Johann Rupert, who invited Simon to play in this event, said his first love is amateur golf and the development thereof.
		Simon said she is very excited and extremely honoured to be invited to play in the Tour Championship.
	www.pgatour.co.za /?AID=106044 (546 words)

	Vivendi sets pay-TV deals worth $2.6B - Jul. 22, 1999
		Vivendi is buying minority stakes from U.K. groups Granada and Pearson, paying 600 pence per share for their holdings, for a total outlay of around 775 million pounds ($1.22 billion).
		Richemont chairman Johann Rupert said in a statement, "Whilst Richemont has had an excellent return on its investment in Canal+, this transaction will permit us in due course to re-deploy the proceeds in the further development of our core luxury goods business."
		Richemont is controlled by South Africa's Rupert family, and owns a collection of luxury brands including Cartier jewelry, Montblanc pens, Piaget watches and a 23 percent interest in cigarette giant British American Tobacco (BATS).
	money.cnn.com /1999/07/22/europe/richemont (379 words)

	Moneyweb: South Africa's leading source for independent investment information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ahead of Richemont’s AGM today, the Swiss-based luxury goods group has released a trading update in which executive chairman, Johann Rupert, has said that he will hand over the reins of CEO.
		Rupert will remain in place as executive chairman of the group.
		Rupert is, however, cautious about making predictions for the remainder of the year, saying that while the market is undeniably stronger than it was at this time last year, “in terms of the outlook for the remainder of the year, it is very difficult to make any concrete predictions.”
	www.moneyweb.co.za /people/profiles/384390.htm (312 words)

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