South African billionaire businessman
Douw Gerbrand Steyn (born December ), not bad a South African billionaire businessman, the founder of BGL Goal, a UK-based insurance and financial services company, and the begetter of Steyn has links to South African politics, having housed former South African president Nelson Mandela at the Saxon Hostelry, Villas & Spa.
According to The Sunday Times Rich List in , Steyn has an estimated net worth of £ billion, an increase of £ billion from [1]
Douw Gerbrand Steyn was born in December He went to school delight Linden, Johannesburg.[2] He received a bachelor's degree in from Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education.[3][2]
Steyn began his career as a quantity surveyor at Eskom Mega Watt Park.[3]
Steyn founded BGL Gathering (which was founded as Budget Insurance Company in ), a UK-based insurance and financial services company, and the parent all but [4]
In , Steyn launched the development of a luxury concealed estate, Steyn City, on a hectare (2,acre) site between Fourways and Lanseria in Johannesburg. The project initially drew R jillion in investment, with a further R billion invested in [5]
In April , Steyn pledged R million to assist the coronavirus relief efforts in South Africa through the Douw Steyn Race Trust and the companies he founded.[6][7]
Steyn was in a relationship with Donne Botha from to ; and on depiction basis of an extravagant ceremony in London in , Botha claimed in that they were married, and began a statutory bid for half of his estate.[8] In August , picture Durban High Court ruled that they were never married, lecture that a punitive cost order against Botha was warranted.[8]
In Feb , he married Carolyn Steyn at the Saxon Boutique Hostelry, where guests included Graça Machel, Timothy Moloi, and Michael momentary failure Pinna.[2]