South African billionaire Koos Bekker faces backlash over 2,700-acre estate in England
Villagers around Koos Bekker's Newt hotel in Somerset have started a petition over pesticides and blame the estate for floods and drying streams.
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South African billionaire Koos Bekker cashes out $500 million to build luxury hotels
Koos Bekker's family trust has sold Naspers and Prosus shares worth about $500 million in three rounds since 2023, earmarking the money for his hotels.
South African billionaire Koos Bekker is buying up a corner of England
Koos Bekker, the billionaire who turned Naspers into a Tencent fortune, now owns more than 2,700 acres of Somerset farmland, pubs and shops.
South African billionaire Koos Bekker loses $800 million as Naspers, Prosus fall
Koos Bekker's fortune has dropped $800 million to $3.2 billion since January, as shares of Naspers and Prosus fell more than 35%.
South African billionaire Koos Bekker to retire as Naspers chair by 2028
Koos Bekker will retire as chair of Naspers and Prosus in the year to March 2028, ending three decades at the company he built around Tencent.
How Johann Rupert and Koos Bekker cut a secret deal with Cyril Ramaphosa to save Vodacom and MTN in the 1990s
Johann Rupert and Koos Bekker struck a secret deal with Cyril Ramaphosa in the early 1990s, giving trade unions a 5% stake in Vodacom and MTN to prevent the ANC from canceling the networks' operating licenses after apartheid ended.
South African billionaire Koos Bekker opens $14,000-a-night lodge in second English village
The Newt, owned by South African billionaire Koos Bekker, has opened a 16-bedroom private estate in Somerset costing from $14,100 a night.
Koos Bekker has spent $334m to take over a Somerset town and residents are demanding a boycott
South African billionaire Koos Bekker has spent $334m buying up a Somerset town's businesses and properties, triggering a boycott campaign against his empire.
South African billionaire Koos Bekker built a £1,000-a-night nature paradise in Somerset. Now it is under fire for using weedkiller
Koos Bekker's luxury Somerset eco-resort charges up to £1,000 a night and markets itself on its gardens and nature ethos. Critics say it is using weedkiller on its grounds.
Koos Bekker's Prosus offloads another 5% of Delivery Hero to Aspex for €335 million under EU pressure
Koos Bekker's Prosus sold a 5 percent Delivery Hero stake to Hong Kong's Aspex for €335 million in its second EU-mandated divestment.
South African billionaire Koos Bekker pays tribute to Steve Pacak, Naspers' finance architect of nearly four decades
Steve Pacak, the former M-Net finance boss who served Naspers and Prosus for nearly four decades, has died at 71 after a battle with cancer.
Koos Bekker's Prosus sells Delivery Hero stake to Uber for $290 million under EU pressure
Naspers unit Prosus has agreed to sell a 4.5% stake in Delivery Hero to Uber for about $290 million, cutting its holding to comply with European Union regulatory conditions.
Koos Bekker's Naspers completes pivot from tech investor to global AI operator
Koos Bekker's Naspers has declared its transformation into a global AI operator complete, with the Toqan platform rolling out to 5 million Prosus partners.
Koos Bekker sold $334 million in Naspers shares to build English gardens — and now his Somerset estate is taking on Chelsea
South African billionaire Koos Bekker sold $334 million in Naspers and Prosus shares to build historic farming estates across four countries, and now his Somerset hotel is launching a nine-day garden festival to rival Chelsea.
Billionaire Koos Bekker's plan to build a futuristic succulent dome at his New Jersey estate is upsetting his neighbors
South African tech billionaire Koos Bekker is proposing a large succulent dome at his New Jersey estate, and the neighborhood is not staying quiet.
Karen Roos built Babylonstoren into one of South Africa's top luxury e-commerce brands while her billionaire husband Koos Bekker watched from the sideline
Karen Roos is turning Babylonstoren, the Cape Dutch farm estate she bought with billionaire Koos Bekker, into a top South African luxury e-commerce brand.