Karen Roos built Babylonstoren into one of South Africa's top luxury e-commerce brands while her billionaire husband Koos Bekker watched from the sideline
Billionaires Africa | 24.03.2026 05:44
When Karen Roos and her husband Koos Bekker bought a rundown Cape Dutch farm in the Franschhoek Valley in 2007, the plan was not to build one of South Africa's fastest-growing luxury e-commerce operations. It was to restore a piece of history. Eighteen years later, the history is intact and the business is something else entirely.
