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When Rael Levitt stepped onto the podium at Quoin Rock Wine Estate in December 2011 he was CEO of the industrypioneering Auction Alliance and at the pinnacle of a glittering 20year career

But then disaster struck
After being accused by a powerful billionaire of using a ghost bidder to inflate the bid price Levitts reputation was obliterated In an echo of the Boxing Day tsunami that he survived in 2004 the selfmade entrepreneur was overwhelmed by a mediadriven scandal that came at him like a train of killer waves Once the face of South African auctions he seemingly sank without a trace
But he was not beaten A decade later Levitt has a thrilling riseandfallandriseagain story to tell

The lessons he learnt from suffering catastrophe and finding the tenacity to survive have laid the foundations for success At once candid and controversial Levitts story is ultimately an uplifting one revealing that the greater the tsunami the greater the lesson