Christo Wiese, retail magnate, photographed during a Bloomberg TV interview at the Pepkor offices in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, August 17 2016. Pic: Waldo Swiegers
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Boardroom Talk: Christo Wiese classics – memorable quotes from billionaire who was played for a fool
Christo Wiese was peerless in this respect until his seduction by Markus Jooste, star of Steinheist, whose staggered release concluded yesterday
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Christo Wiese was peerless in this respect until his seduction by Markus Jooste, star of Steinheist, whose staggered release concluded yesterday. The full three hours are now available for binge-watching on Showmax. The producers pulled some memorable Wiese quotes. Here they are:
On whether he knows how wealthy he is, within the closest billion
I have no idea because my experience has been that generally people who know how much they're worth are not worth a hell of a lot.
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