Great week for South Africa's 7 dollar billionaires

11 Views

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.

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