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| − | Rupert started out as a chemistry lecturer who made cigarettes in his garage. He eventually built this endeavor in the 1940s into a tobacco company called Voorbrand, which became a tobacco and industrial conglomerate called Rembrandt. Eventually Rembrandt split into two separate companies: Remgro, an investment company with financial, mining and industrial interests, and Richemont, a Swiss-based luxury goods group. In 1995 Rembrandt and Richemont consolidated their respective tobacco interests to create [[Rothmans | + | Rupert started out as a chemistry lecturer who made cigarettes in his garage. He eventually built this endeavor in the 1940s into a tobacco company called Voorbrand, which became a tobacco and industrial conglomerate called Rembrandt. Eventually Rembrandt split into two separate companies: Remgro, an investment company with financial, mining and industrial interests, and Richemont, a Swiss-based luxury goods group. In 1995 Rembrandt and Richemont consolidated their respective tobacco interests to create [[Rothmans Tobacco]]International, which at the time was the world's fourth largest cigarette company.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/19/anton-rupert-obit-cx_po_0119autofacescan05.html South African Magnate Anton Rupert Dies], Olson P, Forbes Magazine, January 19, 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3072774 Tycoon Anton Rupert dies in his sleep]. Business Report online edition, January 19, 2006</ref> |
By all accounts Rupert was a billionaire and a philanthropist. | By all accounts Rupert was a billionaire and a philanthropist. | ||
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Anton Rupert (Rothman International)
"Anton Rupert, a South African industrialist and philanthropist who opposed apartheid's inhumanities and used his wealth to fund environmental and educational projects, died at the age of 89 last week.
"Rupert rose from humble beginnings to become one of South Africa's most successful industrialists, playing a leading role in the country's mining, tobacco, banking, media, beverage, food and health care industries.
"His family features in the Forbes list of the world's 500 wealthiest families with assets estimated at US$1,7 billion (about N$10,5 billion)." [1]
- Founding Patron, Peace Parks Foundation [2]
- Winner of the 2004 Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute: Four Freedoms Award
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Anton Rupert and tobacco
Rupert started out as a chemistry lecturer who made cigarettes in his garage. He eventually built this endeavor in the 1940s into a tobacco company called Voorbrand, which became a tobacco and industrial conglomerate called Rembrandt. Eventually Rembrandt split into two separate companies: Remgro, an investment company with financial, mining and industrial interests, and Richemont, a Swiss-based luxury goods group. In 1995 Rembrandt and Richemont consolidated their respective tobacco interests to create Rothmans TobaccoInternational, which at the time was the world's fourth largest cigarette company.[3][4]
By all accounts Rupert was a billionaire and a philanthropist.
Around 1976 Rupert was involved with the Liggett Tobacco Company in its Project XA to create a palladium catalyst cigarette. Rupert apparently was a consultant on the project. Liggett discovered that by incorporating palladium into tobacco as a burn catalyst, a cigarette could be produced that burned more cleanly and produced, using experiments with mice, a far safer, less carcinogenic cigarette. Despite 25 years of research, development and market planning, the palladium cigarette was never commercially produced.[5]
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References
- ↑ Anton Rupert, South African industrialist, philanthropist, World News, accessed November 27, 2007.
- ↑ The Origins of Peace Parks Foundation, Peace Parks Foundation, accessed November 26, 2007.
- ↑ South African Magnate Anton Rupert Dies, Olson P, Forbes Magazine, January 19, 2006
- ↑ Tycoon Anton Rupert dies in his sleep. Business Report online edition, January 19, 2006
- ↑ Meeting in London with Mr Mulligan and Dr Anton Rupert to Discuss Project Tame, Memo by Mold J., June 16, 1976, Liggett & Myers collection, Bates No. lg0390834/0835
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