{"id":303172,"date":"2019-03-04T15:23:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T13:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=303172"},"modified":"2019-03-04T15:23:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T13:23:51","slug":"3-south-africans-among-the-worlds-300-richest-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/303172\/3-south-africans-among-the-worlds-300-richest-people\/","title":{"rendered":"3 South Africans among the world’s 300 richest people"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bloomberg has updated<\/a> <\/strong>its Billionaires Index for March 2019.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly the list is dominated by Americans, with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos ($138 billion), Microsoft’s Bill Gates ($98.5 billion) and Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffet ($83.6 billion) named as the three wealthiest people in the world right now.<\/p>\n

In comparison, there are just six Africans ranked among the world\u2019s 500 richest people, while China which has a population that rivals the African continent, boasts 44 billionaires on the list.<\/p>\n

Aliko Dangote\u2019s $17 billion net worth makes the Nigerian the richest person in Africa.<\/p>\n

Dangote is among just a few Nigerian billionaires, most of whom accrued their wealth by coming into possession of lucrative oil blocks or, in the case of telecom magnate Mike Adenuga, providing services to a fast-growing population.<\/p>\n

Egyptian brothers Nassef and Naguib Sawiris also feature on the list with a net worth of $6.79 billion and $5.04 billion respectively.<\/p>\n

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South African billionaires<\/strong><\/p>\n

The remaining three African billionaires that feature on the list are all South African.<\/p>\n

The country’s three wealthiest citizens – De Beers heir Nicky Oppenheimer, luxury tycoon Johann Rupert and property and wholesaling mogul Natie Kirsh – are worth a combined $20 billion.<\/p>\n

All three have extensive holdings outside Africa.<\/p>\n

Nicky Oppenheimer<\/strong> – $7.05 billion (R100.4 billion)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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