1.Nicholas Oppenheimerotherwise known as Nicky is at the top of the list of SA’s billionaires.
Nicky is worth $7 billion thanks to his association with the de Beers diamond industry.
He sold his 40% shares in the company to Anglo American for $5.1 billion cash.
Nicky Oppenheimer
Nicky, who is 71-years-old, is married and has one child and resides in Johannesburg.
Oppenheimer owns an country estate named Waltham Palace as well as the Brenthurst Gardens estate in Johannesburg.
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Oppenheimer’s Johannesburg estate
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2.Johann Rupertis the chairman of Swiss luxury goods firm Compagnie Financiere Richemont.
The company is best known for its brands Cartier and Montblanc.
Johann Rupert
Rupert has shares in Remgro as well as in Reinet.
Most of his investments are tobacco related.
Johann is 67-years-old and has three children.
Johann with one of his prized antiques
He resides in Cape Town.
He has a collection of 200 antique cars, including his 63 Ferrari Lusso GT.
3.Christoffel Wiesewas estimated to be worth $4.6 billion.
Christo Wiese
He is widely known as a retail mogul.
He is the single largest shareholder in the country’s biggest retailer, Shoprite.
He also bought the New Look Fashion chain in Britain in 2015.
Ivan Glasenberg
4.Ivan Glasenberg’snet worth dropped by $2.7 billion after Glencore’s stock price fell drastically.
Glasenberg owns 8.4% of the company.
He earned $8.8 billion, making him become one of the top 10 richest men in Switzerland.
Koos Bekker
He now has multiple shares in Nasper’s and is the CEO of the company.
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