South Africa is a country with no shortage of millionaires and billionaires. Here is our list of the top wealthiest in the country.
Nicky Oppenheimer
Nicky Oppenheimer is the richest man in South Africa in 2019. He is a diamond mining tycoon and the chairman of De Beers, one of the world’s largest diamond mining companies. Nicky Oppenheimer was born in 1942 in South Africa. Nicky Oppenheimer became chairman of De Beers after his father died in 1982.
In 2017, he was estimated to be worth $6 billion and ranked as the 58th richest person on the Forbes list of billionaires globally. He has been listed as one of the top ten richest people according to Forbes’ “The World’s Billionaires” list for many years. In 2018, he was estimated to be worth $7 billion and ranked as the 54th richest person on the Forbes list of billionaires globally.
Johann Rupert
Johann Rupert is a wealthy businessman in South Africa. He is the founder of Richemont, which owns Cartier, Dunhill, and other luxury brands. Johann Rupert was born on June 10, 1944 in Antwerp, Belgium. He studied economics at the University of Antwerp and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. He founded the company Richemont in 1988. The company owns Cartier, Dunhill, and other luxury brands. He is worth $6.5 billion.
Patrice Motsepe
Patrice Motsepe has an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. He is the founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals and the founder of Motsepe Foundation, which supports education in South Africa. and Zambia. He has been dubbed “South Africa’s Bill Gates” and “Africa’s Warren Buffett”.
