The following Forbes list of South African billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2023. [1]
World Rank | Name | Citizenship | Net worth (USD) | Source of wealth |
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2 | Elon Musk [a] | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 195 billion | Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter |
162 | Johann Rupert | ![]() | 12.2 billion | Richemont, Remgro |
249 | Nicky Oppenheimer | ![]() | 9.5 billion | De Beers |
278 | Ivan Glasenberg | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 8.9 billion | Glencore |
469 | Patrick Soon-Shiong [b] | ![]() ![]() | 6.2 billion | NantWorks |
1238 | Patrice Motsepe | ![]() | 2.7 billion | African Rainbow Minerals |
1286 | Koos Bekker | ![]() | 2.6 billion | Naspers |
2410 | Michiel Le Roux | ![]() | 1.2 billion | Capitec Bank |
2410 | Christoffel Wiese | ![]() | 1.2 billion | Pepkor |