Billionaire Christo Wiese’s message to people who want to leave South Africa

Billionaire Christo Wiese’s message to people who want to leave South Africa

Billionaire Christo Wiese, who built many successful businesses, said that South Africa offers abundant opportunities despite its problems and challenges.

 

[Priapus]

Billionaire Christo Wiese’s message to people who want to leave South Africa

Billionaire Christo Wiese, who built many successful businesses, said that South Africa offers abundant opportunities despite its problems and challenges.

Fok talk about living in a bubble.

 

[Smiggles]

Yes family member in Australia needs 2 jobs because of rent being sky high.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

More SA billionaires making the poors think they too can live the good life

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Easy to preach when you're sitting on R30 billion and don't face the problems that everyone else does...

 

[Grant]

you all realise R30bn was not dropped out of the sky and into his back garden - he started with nothing.

same as anton rupert - he started out rolling and selling cigarettes later become rembrandt van rjin (later rembrandt group - now remgro).
from rolling tobacco on a farm to owning cartier, louis vuitton, mont blanc etc etc

there are many more out there from same "zero background", starting out with nothing.
some are able to see opportunity in adversity - others blame anything and everything around them

 

[shadow_man]

you all realise R30bn was not dropped out of the sky and into his back garden - he started with nothing.

same as anton rupert - he started out rolling and selling cigarettes later become rembrandt van rjin (later rembrandt group - now remgro).
from rolling tobacco on a farm to owning cartier, louis vuitton, mont blanc etc etc

there are many more out there from same "zero background", starting out with nothing.
some are able to see opportunity in adversity - others blame anything and everything around them

100%, BUT a big difference is they started from nothing under a working NAT economy. Not a looted ANC one that makes business exponentially harder at each turn.

Not saying it's impossible, but the difficulty levels have increased somewhat.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

you all realise R30bn was not dropped out of the sky and into his back garden - he started with nothing.

same as anton rupert - he started out rolling and selling cigarettes later become rembrandt van rjin (later rembrandt group - now remgro).
from rolling tobacco on a farm to owning cartier, louis vuitton, mont blanc etc etc

there are many more out there from same "zero background", starting out with nothing.
some are able to see opportunity in adversity - others blame anything and everything around them

South Africa during 1941 vs South Africa during 2026....

Yep...you're right...exactly the same opportunities.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

you all realise R30bn was not dropped out of the sky and into his back garden - he started with nothing.

same as anton rupert - he started out rolling and selling cigarettes later become rembrandt van rjin (later rembrandt group - now remgro).
from rolling tobacco on a farm to owning cartier, louis vuitton, mont blanc etc etc

there are many more out there from same "zero background", starting out with nothing.
some are able to see opportunity in adversity - others blame anything and everything around them

Nobody is questioning his life story and how he earned his money, that's what autobiographies are for.

What's being questioned is his exposure to everyday problems today, to be able to make statements like these. He's no longer in 1980 and struggling with everyone else, he has R30bn to do anything he wants, buy safety and security, get driven around so he doesn't have to deal with the stress of taxis, never run short of food, not have to give a schit about petrol prices, inflation, salary increases, school fees etc.

 

[purrr]

you all realise R30bn was not dropped out of the sky and into his back garden - he started with nothing.

same as anton rupert - he started out rolling and selling cigarettes later become rembrandt van rjin (later rembrandt group - now remgro).
from rolling tobacco on a farm to owning cartier, louis vuitton, mont blanc etc etc

there are many more out there from same "zero background", starting out with nothing.
some are able to see opportunity in adversity - others blame anything and everything around them

Did you start from nothing?

 

[Bundu]

you all realise R30bn was not dropped out of the sky and into his back garden - he started with nothing.

same as anton rupert - he started out rolling and selling cigarettes later become rembrandt van rjin (later rembrandt group - now remgro).
from rolling tobacco on a farm to owning cartier, louis vuitton, mont blanc etc etc

there are many more out there from same "zero background", starting out with nothing.
some are able to see opportunity in adversity - others blame anything and everything around them

you're wasting your breath - some folk that just don't have what it takes, will always look for somebody to blame - it's natural and can be ignored

 

[Priapus]

Yes family in Australia needs 2 jobs because of rent being sky high.

Are you saying families in SA can survive with single income households?

 

[Gabe Owner]

you all realise R30bn was not dropped out of the sky and into his back garden - he started with nothing.

same as anton rupert - he started out rolling and selling cigarettes later become rembrandt van rjin (later rembrandt group - now remgro).
from rolling tobacco on a farm to owning cartier, louis vuitton, mont blanc etc etc

there are many more out there from same "zero background", starting out with nothing.
some are able to see opportunity in adversity - others blame anything and everything around them

Critical of elawn, yet chocking on Christo’s piel. lol!

 

[TheMightyQuin]

you're wasting your breath - some folk that just don't have what it takes, will always look for somebody to blame - it's natural and can be ignored

The fact that you agree and support this anecdotal fallacy of his, emphasizes your severe lack of brain power.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Nobody is questioning his life story and how he earned his money, that's what autobiographies are for.

What's being questioned is his exposure to everyday problems today, to be able to make statements like these. He's no longer in 1980 and struggling with everyone else, he has R30bn to do anything he wants, buy safety and security, get driven around so he doesn't have to deal with the stress of taxis, never run short of food, not have to give a schit about petrol prices, inflation, salary increases, school fees etc.

CW is an historical anachronism.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Are you saying families in SA can survive with single income households?

Some families can and some cannot.

 

[Priapus]

Some families can and some cannot.

So that’s not possible, in other countries? Just SA?

 

[TheMightyQuin]

So that’s not possible, in other countries? Just SA?

Not sure what exactly your are asking or on about?

In every country on planet earth, some families can and some cannot, survive on single incomes.

That better?

 

[Priapus]

Not sure what exactly your are asking or on about?

In every country on planet earth, some families can and some cannot, survive on single incomes.

That better?

There we agree. So I’m not sure what relevance @Smiggles ‘s post is.

 

[die_koos]

Nothing against the man but he is living in a bubble.

"He still believes in the country, highlighting that 95% of his assets remain in South Africa." so even if the ANC decides to expropriate the 95% he still has in SA, he has about R 1.5 Billion stashed overseas to live comfortably with - that buys a lot of peace of mind.

Amongst the people I know who have left, one of the major reasons was that even if they are happy to stay and work here for now, they need to go and build up some kind of backup overseas for in case things go sideways.


“You have to accept, even if you are the smartest man in the country, you will not be able to become president because of the colour of your skin,” he said.
“If you can accept that you are essentially a second-class citizen in your own country because of your race, it is a great country.”

Again.. easy conversation to have with your kids if their options are president - or rich business man with a billionaire father who will never go hungry, try applying the same logic to the middle - lower class - "if you accept that you cannot be a teller at the bank because of your skin " hits a bit different does it?