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It wasn't just Mattress Firm in the US it bought
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Steinheist

It wasn't just MattressFirm in the US it bought, they bought Poundland in the UK

It wasn't just Mattress
Firm in the US it bought, they bought Poundland in the UK

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It wasn't just Mattress Firm in the US it bought,
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they bought Poundland in the UK.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:14
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, crime
Production
IdeaCandy

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Movie Summary

The biggest corporate scandal in South African history, the fall of Steinhoff led to a loss of R200 billion. Steinheist untangles the story: the investors who were taken in; the victims and the CEO, Markus Jooste, who's still a fr...
S01 • E03 Where I broke my ties with Steinhoff, sold my shares, and I moved on. - Steinheist 00:05
Where I broke my ties with Steinhoff, sold my shares, and I ...
S01 • E01 I joined the business fulltime in 1967. - Steinheist 00:04
I joined the business fulltime in 1967.
S01 • E01 Christo goes on to be one of the founding presences at Shoprite. - Steinheist 00:06
Christo goes on to be one of the founding presences at Shopr...
S01 • E01 And Shoprite, today, is this massive multi-billion rand, - Steinheist 00:13
And Shoprite, today, is this massive multi-billion rand,
S01 • E02 Mattress firm. - Steinheist 00:07
Mattress firm.
S01 • E03 When the initial fallout happened - Steinheist 00:08
When the initial fallout happened
S01 • E01 I always tell people, one wine estate is one too many... - Steinheist 00:10
I always tell people, one wine estate is one too many...
S01 • E03 In terms of the racing side of things, - Steinheist 00:11
In terms of the racing side of things,
S01 • E01 So Markus Jooste managed to woo Christo into Steinhoff - Steinheist 00:17
So Markus Jooste managed to woo Christo into Steinhoff
S01 • E02 He then tried to use Poundland to sponsor the Epsom Hill. - Steinheist 00:06
He then tried to use Poundland to sponsor the Epsom Hill.
S01 • E03 So there was a bit, in my opinion, of an unseemly scramble - Steinheist 00:23
So there was a bit, in my opinion, of an unseemly scramble
S01 • E01 I told him that I wanted to sell Lanzerac. - Steinheist 00:07
I told him that I wanted to sell Lanzerac.
S01 • E02 And to some extent it appears that - Steinheist 00:14
And to some extent it appears that
S01 • E01 And he said, "But I'll buy it from you." - Steinheist 00:24
And he said, "But I'll buy it from you."
S01 • E03 I would imagine it's difficult because it's you know, it's not just your hobby. - Steinheist 00:05
I would imagine it's difficult because it's you kn...
S01 • E02 It seemed, in retrospect, an ego-driven thing. - Steinheist 00:04
It seemed, in retrospect, an ego-driven thing.
S01 • E03 It becomes your social life. It becomes your business life. - Steinheist 00:05
It becomes your social life. It becomes your business life.
S01 • E03 And so, to lose all of that, sort of overnight, must be pretty tough. - Steinheist 00:06
And so, to lose all of that, sort of overnight, must be pret...
S01 • E02 He'd moved on to a different level. - Steinheist 00:08
He'd moved on to a different level.
S01 • E03 So yeah, I imagine it would've been a pretty hard blow. - Steinheist 00:19
So yeah, I imagine it would've been a pretty hard blow.