{"id":228672,"date":"2021-04-28T14:41:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T13:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=228672"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:41:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T13:41:30","slug":"nicky-oppenheimer-vs-johann-rupert-who-has-a-higher-net-worth-and-who-is-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/nicky-oppenheimer-vs-johann-rupert-who-has-a-higher-net-worth-and-who-is-older\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicky Oppenheimer vs Johann Rupert: Who Has A Higher Net Worth And Who is Older?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nicky Oppenheimer and Johann Rupert have been named among the top richest men in South Africa by Forbes for a couple of years now. Aside from being South Africa’s richest, these billionaires seem to have many things in common. Their individual success in the business world has sparked up an interest in the minds of fans who try to compare them to know who is richer, older, or who has more investments. Aside from their age and net worth, the things they share in common and their differences will also interest you.<\/p>\n
Nicky Oppenheimer and Johann Rupert are not just South Africa’s richest but also among the first five richest men in Africa. Everything about these men is absolutely worth knowing, so keep reading as we explore their ages, net worth, differences, and what they have in common as well.<\/p>\n
In any list of the wealthiest men, there are always those wealthier than others, and in this case, Nicky Oppenheimer is the richer of the two South African billionaires. Oppenheimer was named the richest man in South Africa in 2019 with a net worth of $7.3 billion, and his worth has since grown to $8 billion<\/a> (as of April 2021). He is richer than Johann Rupert, who has a net worth of $7.1 billion and is South Africa’s second richest.<\/p>\n The net worth of both billionaires has fluctuated between 2012 to 2019, but Nicky Oppenheimer seems to have enjoyed a more stable fortune in that regard than Johann Rupert has.<\/p>\n Unlike the richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote, who built his empire from scratch and was not opportune to inherit anything from his father, South Africa’s richest men Nicky Oppenheimer and Johann Rupert are sons of business tycoons.<\/p>\n Nicky Oppenheimer’s grandfather Ernest Oppenheimer gets the credit for bringing the Oppenheimer family to where they are today. He started working as early as 17 years old and was so dedicated to his work that his employer saw the potential in him and sent him to South Africa to represent his company at the time. He founded Anglo American with financial assistance from American bankers, J. P. Morgan.<\/p>\n Nicky Oppenheimer’s father, Harry Oppenheimer, took over the family’s business from his father and was known as one of the richest men in South Africa. He continued to develop their mining business until it was handed over to his son, Nicky Oppenheimer.<\/p>\n While Nicky Oppenheimer is the third generation of his family to keep the family’s wealth, Johann Rupert is the second. His father, Anton Rupert, a business tycoon, started the family business – a dry cleaning business and later a tobacco company called Rembrandt – in 1941 at their garage. Hopefully, Johann Rupert will pass on the empire to his son Anton Rupert Jr – or daughters if they are interested in running the business.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Although they are not self-made billionaires, it is undeniable that their good business acumen has made them the billions they enjoy today. They have also worked hard to earn the position of South Africa’s richest.<\/p>\nNicky Oppenheimer since 2012<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Johann Rupert Net Worth since 2012<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Neither Nicky Oppenheimer Nor Johann Rupert Is A Self Made Billionaire<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Nicky Oppenheimer Was Born In 1945<\/strong><\/h2>\n