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