Leif rahmqvist biography of barack

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AN ACCIDENTAL<br />

ORPHANAGE<br />

When Swedish businessman Leif Rahmqvist<br />

bought property in South Africa, he didn’t expect<br />

to become such a necessary benefactor<br />

By Josh Sims<br />

What is a Swedish office supplies<br />

businessman in his 70s doing trying<br />

to revamp around 30, hectares<br />

of land in South Africa?

It has long<br />

been a question asked about Leif Rahmqvist, and it was<br />

one Rahmqvist often asked himself. “At heart, I’m an<br />

adventurer,” he says by way of an answer. “I’ve been lucky<br />

to travel around the world a lot, and it wasn’t long before<br />

I discovered that the African bush offers the biggest sense<br />

of freedom you can get.”<br />

Indeed, when, almost 20 years ago, he decided he<br />

would dial back his responsibilities at Rahmqvist – the<br />