Nicky Oppenheimer
Johannesburg, South Africa
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Oxford U Christ Church | Master of Arts, Oxford U Christ Church
South Africa
diamonds
$7,300,000,000
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#200 Billionaires 2019
#3 Africa's Billionaires 2019
Oppenheimer, heir to his family's fortune, sold his 40% stake in diamond firm DeBeers to mining group Anglo American for $5.1 billion in cash in 2012.He was the third generation of his family to run DeBeers, and took the company private in 2001. For 85 years until 2012, the Oppenheimer family occupied a controlling spot in the world's diamond trade. In 2014, Oppenheimer started Fireblade Aviation in Johannesburg, which operates chartered flights with its fleet of 3 planes and 2 helicopters. He owns at least 720 square miles of conservation land across South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Oppenheimer owns Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, the largest private game reserve in South Africa.Oppenheimer is a sports fan and plays squash, golf and cricket. Notepads in his office read: "Things I must do before cricket".
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