Howard 'Butch' Kerzner was a South African businessman and the son of

Sol Kerzner Solomon 'Sol' Kerzner, (23 August 1935 – 21 March 2020) was a South African accountant and business magnate. He founded both of South Africa's largest hotel groups, the Southern Sun Hotel Group and Sun International. He was also the founder, ...

. He was born in Durban and went to school in

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. He was sent to

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

where he completed a master's degree in business administration. He later joined his father's business, Kerzner International, and became its CEO in 2003, leading it on an expansion drive. Donald Trump, a hotelier, called him "a great visionary". He was killed in a helicopter crash in the Dominican Republic while surveying sites for new resorts.

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