Rich and reclusive: The enigma of Derek Brink Snr

So far out of the public eye did Brink keep that in publishing his death notification this week, local media could not accurately locate a photograph of the man who many suspect was the country’s richest and most powerful ever.

While not uncommon, reclusive billionaires range between the late Howard Hughes who spent the latter part of his life holed up in a penthouse to Dietrich Mateschitz, who cut down his circle of friends and kept a tight lid on his private and business life.