# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sol-kerzner
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:24:57.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sol-kerzner"
name: "Sol Kerzner"
slug: "sol-kerzner"
description: "Solomon 'Sol' Kerzner, 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, chairman and CEO of Kerzner International. During his career in the resort industry, he was involved in various political and business controversies."
tagline: "South African businessman (1935–2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1935-08-23"
deathDate: "2020-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.753138666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.kerzner.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sol_Kerzner"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Kerzner"
    title: "Sol Kerzner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Kerzner"
    title: "Sol Kerzner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Kerzner"
    title: "Sol Kerzner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Kerzner"
    title: "Sol Kerzner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Kerzner"
    title: "Sol Kerzner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Kerzner"
    title: "Sol Kerzner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%86%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Керцнер, Сол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Kerzner"
    title: "Sol Kerzner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931849"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump