Ten facts you probably didn’t know about Steinhoff’s former boss Markus Jooste

PUBLISHED: Tue, 04 Sep 2018 18:49:47 GMT
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On Wednesday Steinhoff’s former CEO Markus Jooste will give his side of the story as to what led to the demise of one of the world’s largest furniture retailers when he appears in front of parliament, see below. It will be the first time the man who has been described as a megalomaniac and was allegedly responsible for the accounting irregularities at the group will give public testimony since resigning on 5th December 2017. Events that precipitated the wiping out of billions of dollars of Steinhoff’s market capitalisation. Here are ten facts about Jooste you probably didn’t know revealed in Steinhoff: Inside SA’s Biggest Corporate Crash by James-Brent Styan, which was published this year:

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