Individuals who plan to bring their luxury yachts to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London will be able to easily access land as London’s docklands are transformed into a luxury marina during the event.       In addition to the dock and access to speedboat taxis that will take yacht...

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Ever wondered who are the richest people on the Black Continent? Well, before proceeding with the list, there are a few facts that you should know. The 25th year of global wealth checklists from Forbes has brought us two records. There are 1,210 listed people, the greatest number ever reached,...

Everything Donald Trump does is over the top so it’s no surprise then that his Boeing 757 private jet is equipped with only the biggest and best accessories. The aircraft can hold up to 43 passengers and has a dining room, master bedroom and bathroom, guest bedroom, and VIP lounge,...

London based GRAFF Group known for its diamond jewellery announced plans for an IPO next year on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The move by the Graff Group comes to respond to increased competition from major groups such as LVMH and Richemont. Graff, which has stores worldwide, is not only...

The sudden decision by the Oppenheimer family to sell its 40% stake in De Beers to diversified global miner Anglo American [JSE:AGL] for $5.1bn (R40bn) has raised questions about the impact of nationalisation talk on investment.     Eskom chief economist Mandla Maleka said: “Anglo...

Steve Jobs was designing his own Feadship superyacht at the time of his death. The vessel had been in development since 2009. The design is said to be sleek and minimalist, naturally, with 40-foot-long glass walls and was to be built at Feadship’s facility in the Netherlands. “Sometimes,...

Muammar Gaddafi was three times as rich as Carlos Slim and ten times richer than King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia — easily the richest man in the world. Gaddafi was supposedly worth over $200 billion with assets in bank accounts, real estate and corporate investments around the world. This...

A Saudi sheikh left Roman Abramovich stranded at sea this week after taking the last megayacht berth at the so-called “Millionaire’s Quay” in Cap d’Antibes. The Russian oligarch had wanted to moor his massive $800 million, 533-ft. yacht Eclipse, at the famed dock but arrived to find...

9 May 2011 Should you have a US$150 million to spare, get on the out-of-this-world voyage! There are just one of two seats remaining for a proposed lunar flyby, scheduled to take place in 2015. The two intrepid explorers will join the ranks of Dennis Tito, who was the world’s first space...

14 March 2011 Hong Kong’s Severn Road, a winding street of mansions and tony apartments, is still the priciest address on the planet.   For the second year running, Financial News has determined that properties on Severn Road cost more per square foot than those anywhere else. The...

22 February 2011 It was one of the most ambitious projects the world had ever seen. After taking command of the Egyptian campaign around the turn of the 19th century, Napoleon gathered a staff of France’s top scientists, artists, explorers and others to undertake a concept like no other,...

4 February 2011 Last night Sir Richard Branson attended Mzansi designer, Lesego Malatsi’s fashion show at the Fashion Kapitol in Braamfontein Lesego Malatsi first became involved with the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship in 2007. “My business was experiencing a cash flow ...

25 December 2010 We would like to wish all our loyal clients, followers, partners and friends a Merry Chistmas. May God bless you and your family and may you have an awesome...

1 December 2010 The most expensive bottle of tequila in the world is to be auctioned in London at a starting price of $3.5 million. Made by the Tequilera Hacienda La Capilla, located in La Capilla de Guadalupe, Jalisco, the bottle contains over 4,000 diamonds and 2.38 kilograms of pure...

26 October 2010 Sir Richard Branson was all smiles in New Mexico on October 22 as he and Governor Bill Richardson were on hand to open the world’s first commercial spaceport in New Mexico. Spaceport America will be used by Virgin Galactic, Branson’s space tourism company. The...

1 October 2010 Richard Branson said Monday that Virgin Galactic is on track to offer commercial space travel within 18 months. Space hotels are next on the drawing board. The project’s SpaceshipTwo, an aircraft built by aviation engineer Burt Rutan and designed to carry paying...

19 August 2010 This is a custom submarine dressed as a shark with the movement and agility to match. It can dive, soar, and motor along at an impressive rate. Designed by Rob Innes (below), the Seabreacher X is the latest in his line of products (this one’s currently undergoing...

18 August 2010 For parents or students alike intent on living a luxury lifestyle, they will be keen to learn that Harvard produces more billionaires than any other university – by a very significant margin.   According to Forbes, no less than 63 of its former students are now...