Some people build wealth. Others build legacy. Louis Norval has spent a lifetime doing both.

It started on a golf course he wasn't supposed to be on - barefoot, climbing through fences with his brother and his best friend, discovering a game that would go on to shape his character, his discipline and his drive.

That same drive would take him to represent South Africa in golf and later lead him to co-found Attfund, one of the largest private property investment companies in South Africa, which he would eventually sell for R9 billion.

But perhaps the most remarkable chapter of Louis Norval's story isn't about property or profit at all.

In 2018, he founded the Norval Foundation in Cape Town - a world-class private museum, nature reserve and sculpture park dedicated to making art accessible to all South Africans, especially y ...