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Johann Peter Rupert (born 1 June 1950) is a South African billionaire businessman, who is the eldest son of business tycoon Anton Rupert and his wife Huberte. He is the chairman of the Swiss-based luxury-goods company Richemont and the South Africa-based company Remgro .
Chris Jackson/Getty Images Queen Camilla honored the Maiden yachting crew while hosting them at the Clarence House. “I think you are doing a brilliant job,” Camilla, 76, said on Monday, April ...
Maiden is a 58 foot (18 m) aluminium ocean racing yacht built in 1979, designed by Bruce Farr and raced by Pierre Fehlmann, Bertie Reed, Tracy Edwards and John Bankart. . Edwards bought the yacht in 1987 to compete in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race with an all-femal
Maiden is a 2018 British documentary written and directed by Alex Holmes about Tracy Edwards and the crew of the ocean-racing yacht Maiden as they compete as the first all-woman crew in the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race. [2] The film was produced by Victoria Gregory's New Black Films. [2]
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The race featured the first all-woman crew on Tracy Edwards' Maiden. Although in a much smaller boat than many of their male counterparts the women fared well—claiming two leg victories in Division D. [1] Edwards was named yachtsman of the year and appointed MBE. In 2018 a documentary has been made about the team's participation in the race. [2]
It’s been six years since Johann Rupert, Richemont’s founder, chairman and principal shareholder, asked industry colleagues and competitors to join him in creating a “neutral” digital ...
Tracy Edwards, MBE (born 5 September 1962) is a British sailor. In 1989 she skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, becoming the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy and was appointed MBE.