Great week for South Africa’s 7 dollar billionaires

The rich get richer while the poor stay poor. It's 'easy' to make money - when you have money. These seven South Africans have a LOT!

Apr 14, 2025 - 21:00
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Great week for South Africa’s 7 dollar billionaires

The rich get richer while the poor stay poor.

It’s relatively ‘easy’ to make money – when you have money.

Compound interest really is the eighth wonder of the world!

Money makes money – and these seven South Africans have made a lot of it over the years.

And by a lot, we mean a LOT!

Richest in South Africa

According to Forbes’ real-time tracking of billionaires, Johann Rupert and his family are the richest in South Africa, with a net worth of $12.8 billion.

The Ruperts are followed by diamond magnate Nicky Oppenheimer, who boasts a net worth of $10.4 billion.

They are followed by Koos Bekker, Patrice Motsepe, Michiel Le Roux, Christo Wiese and Jannie Mouton.

South Africa’s seven-dollar billionaires all made their money in different ways – from luxury goods, diamonds, mining, media, banking and retail.

In terms of the overall world list, South Africa-born Elon Musk remains the world’s richest person with a reported $371.4 billion.

In was a lucrative last week for South Africa’s seven dollar billionaires who cumulatively took their wealth from $33.2 billion to $34.4 billion.

That’s an increase of $1.2 billion (R22.6 billion).

The biggest ‘winner’ was Johann Rupert who added $600 million to his net wealth.

Below, the list of the top seven richest South Africans in the world as of 14 April 2025.

RankNameLast weekThis weekSource
184Johann Rupert & family$12.2bn$12.8bnLuxury goods
245Nicky Oppenheimer & family$10.4bn$10.4bnDiamonds
1 143Koos Bekker$3.2bn$3.2bnMedia, investments
1 256Patrice Motsepe$2.7bn$2.9bnMining
1 709Michiel Le Roux$1.9bn$2.1bnBanking
2 260Christo Wiese$1.4bn$1.5bnFinancial services
2 275Jannie Mouton & family$1.4bn$1.5bnRetail
TOTAL$33.2bn$34.4bn

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