{"id":1290,"date":"2014-06-27T05:03:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T04:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2023-01-02T16:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T15:38:22","slug":"sol-kerzner-profile-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/sol-kerzner-profile-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Facts About Sol Kerzner: His Net Worth, Wife and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sol Kerzner was a South African accountant and business mogul best known as the founder of two the largest hotel groups in South Africa-\u00a0the Southern Sun Hotel Group and Sun International. Thanks to his successful businesses, he was one of the richest men in the country, with an estimated net worth of $600 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n Sol Kerzner was born the youngest of the four children of Jewish-Russian emigrants and he grew up in the poor suburbs of Johannesburg. In 1979, he established a number of world-renowned resorts before embarking on his big mission — building Sun City. Now Sun City has grown to be one of the most popular destinations in the world, which has managed to attract a large number of international artists, such as Elton John, Queen, and Ray Charles. His story and success have been a constant source of lessons for the younger generation on following your dreams and never giving up.<\/p>\n The South African real estate tycoon was born Solomon Kerzner on August 23, 1935, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Morris Kerzner and Bertha Kerzner. He was brought up in Doornfontein, Johannesburg as the youngest among four siblings. While growing up, he was not the most built kid, and so he became an easy target for bullies. To defend himself, he decided to learn boxing, something he would later be involved in professionally for a little while.<\/p>\n His parents made their own living running a small fruit business before they later joined the hotel business by buying one on the beachfront. Sol first helped them in running their hotels before he later joined the business. His company, Kerzner International now owns quite a lot of property including the lavish Atlantis hotel and casino resort in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n As a young man, he was more interested in working on cars, but his father, Morris Kerzner advised him to, instead, go to the university. Hence, Sol Kerzner graduated from the South African army and did a further degree in Accounting at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n The billionaire left South Africa at some point when faced with charges of alleged bribery. He focused then on the Caribbean and the United States. His success after his tainted reputation was hard-won but he prevailed nonetheless.<\/p>\n See Also:\u00a010 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About Johann Rupert<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nSol Kerzner Was Brought Up By Hoteliers<\/strong><\/h2>\n
He was married four times and had 5 Children<\/strong><\/h2>\n