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 magnateNicky 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.
Rank
Name
Last week
This week
Source
184
Johann Rupert & family
$12.2bn
$12.8bn
Luxury goods
245
Nicky Oppenheimer & family
$10.4bn
$10.4bn
Diamonds
1 143
Koos Bekker
$3.2bn
$3.2bn
Media, investments
1 256
Patrice Motsepe
$2.7bn
$2.9bn
Mining
1 709
Michiel Le Roux
$1.9bn
$2.1bn
Banking
2 260
Christo Wiese
$1.4bn
$1.5bn
Financial services
2 275
Jannie Mouton & family
$1.4bn
$1.5bn
Retail
TOTAL
$33.2bn
$34.4bn
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