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Born in the same year as Prince Charles and the state of Israel, Lew Geffen was destined to have an eventful and controversial life.
Driven by a maverick spirit and an acute eye for business, Geffen started his working life as a hawker, then moves into construction before shaking up the South African real-estate industry by launching Lew Geffen Estates.
A fiercely independent thinker, Lew knows no limits. Living much of his life by the seat of his pants, he embarks on a wild ride of success securing a Sotheby’s International Realty master’s licence to become a major player in the local property market.
Along the way, there are highs and lows: he’s fired by his mother, Aida, gets harassed by the mafia, sells Nelson Mandela’s
