David Collard paid for Rolls-Royce as staff woes mounted

Success breeds success. Or so must figure many of the most daring entrepreneurs of this era, who seem to put great stock in the trappings of wealth.

Green steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta is battling to save his empire while amassing all manner of new creditors in Whyalla. But he’s also spending big, on private jets, renovations and a Sydney waterfront apartment.