How rich are South Africa's 7 richest men this week?

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It’s comparatively ‘easy’ to make money – when you have money to start with. Compound interest is indeed the eighth wonder of the world!

As they say, the rich get richer, while the poor stay, well, poor.

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

And by a lot, we mean a LOT!

How they made their money

According to Forbes’ real-time tracking of billionaires, Johann Rupert and his family are the richest in South Africa, with a net worth of $14 billion.

The Ruperts are followed by diamond magnate Nicky Oppenheimer, who boasts a net worth of $10.5 billion.

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

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

In the last week alone, Bekker, Motsepe and Wiese all added $100 million (R1.77 billion) to their net worths.

Rupert was the big ‘loser’ as his net worth dropped by $600 million (R10.6 billion).

Cumulatively, South Africa’s seven dollar billionaires are worth $37.4 billion (R663 billion).

Meanwhile, in terms of the overall world list, South Africa-born Elon Musk remains the world’s richest person with a reported $393.8 billion.

Below, the list of the top seven richest South Africans in the world as of 9 June 2025.

Rank	Name	Last week	This week	Source
179	Johann Rupert & family	$14.6bn	$14bn	Luxury goods
270	Nicky Oppenheimer & family	$10.5bn	$10.5bn	Diamonds
1 061	Koos Bekker	$3.5bn	$3.6bn	Media, investments
1 147	Patrice Motsepe	$3.2bn	$3.3bn	Mining
1 481	Michiel Le Roux	$2.5bn	$2.5bn	Banking
2 023	Jannie Mouton & family	$1.8bn	$1.8bn	Retail
2 112	Christo Wiese	$1.6bn	$1.7bn	Financial services
TOTAL		$37.7bn	$37.4bn