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Brett Kebble: The Inside Story
In September 2005, corporate South Africa was rocked by the violent murder of mining maverick Brett Kebble. In life, he was known as a billionaire patron of the arts, compassionate philanthropist, champion of black economic empowerment, urbane raconteur and generous host.
But within six months of his death, Kebble was exposed as the architect of one of the biggest and most convoluted frauds seen by any stock exchange in the world, a flawed genius who lied and cheated and stole so cunningly that even astute auditors were fooled.
By the time he died, Kebble was both broke and jobless. His legacy was a maze of convoluted transactions that would take forensic investigators months, perhaps years, to untangle. The trail would lead from one of the African continent’s oldest and most venerable mining houses to more than 100 shell companies; from the diamond fields of Angola to the new black elite in democratic South Africa’s upmarket suburbs.
But in the wake of Kebble’s death, far darker secrets than his unorthodox and downright criminal transactions would also come to light. Many of them are revealed for the first time in this hard-hitting A-B-C of Brett Kebble’s brilliant but terminally crooked business career.
But within six months of his death, Kebble was exposed as the architect of one of the biggest and most convoluted frauds seen by any stock exchange in the world, a flawed genius who lied and cheated and stole so cunningly that even astute auditors were fooled.
By the time he died, Kebble was both broke and jobless. His legacy was a maze of convoluted transactions that would take forensic investigators months, perhaps years, to untangle. The trail would lead from one of the African continent’s oldest and most venerable mining houses to more than 100 shell companies; from the diamond fields of Angola to the new black elite in democratic South Africa’s upmarket suburbs.
But in the wake of Kebble’s death, far darker secrets than his unorthodox and downright criminal transactions would also come to light. Many of them are revealed for the first time in this hard-hitting A-B-C of Brett Kebble’s brilliant but terminally crooked business career.
376 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2006
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March 25, 2012
The book lacked readability with it's emphasis on the technicalities of many of the complex issues it was trying to unravel. Whilst these are undoubtedly important, they're more for reference than reading. I struggled through the book, and didn't particularly enjoy doing so. All I can really say about the whole Kebble affair is "What a mess!"
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February 21, 2018There more you read the book it's the more you realise that there are no accidents in life. Even the upper echelons of the business world commits crime in a very sophisticated manner. Crime eventually caught up with Kebble despite being the darling of the political and business world.
It was a great read, it took me 2 weeks to finish but I did enjoy the book.
It was a great read, it took me 2 weeks to finish but I did enjoy the book.
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July 24, 2008a little bit too technical . . . couldn't finish
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