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May 31, 1996

Bock to Basics

Dieter Bock has managed to attract institutions back to Lonrho since Tiny Rowland's enforced departure last year

The story of Lonrho is one of Shakespearean dimensions. It is the tale of an empire built out of precious metals dug from the ground in far off places. An empire built by one dynamic man who then had it all taken away from him by his former protg in a bitter and undignified battle. As an investor relations fable, the Lonrho story has it all. In March 1995, 77-year old Tiny Rowland was fired by the board of UK-based Lonrho plc in a bitter dispute with his fellow directors. In the same month,

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