30 Richest South Africans in 2009

Source: Sunday Times Rich List (2009)

Raymond Ackerman: Raymond Ackerman is a South African businessman. In 1967 he bought a Cape Town-based group comprising four small supermarkets. He built it into South Africa's major retailer, Pick 'n Pay, which has featured among the Top 100 Companies since 1973. In 2010 he handed over his legacy to his son Gareth Ackerman who took over as Chairman of the company. In 2009 Raymond Ackerman received an Honorary Doctorate in Commerce from the University of Kwazulu-Natal.
R3, 26 billion

Gerrit Ferreira: GT Ferreira is currently the Chairman of RMB Holdings Limited. He has been involved in the financial services sector since graduating with commerce degrees from the University of Stellenbosch. Mr Ferreira was announced the Cape Town Chamber of Business and Die Burger's Business Leader of 2010.
R1, 79 billion

John Copelyn: John Copelyn is the Chief Executive Officer of Hosken Consolidated Investment (HCI) Limited and Johnnic Holdings Limited. He previously served as a member of parliament.
R529 million

Paul Harris: Paul Harris co-founded Rand Consolidated Investments (“RCI”) in 1977. He spent four years in Australia where he founded Australian Gilt Securities (later to become RMB Australia) and returned to South Africa in 1991 as deputy managing director of RMB. In 1992, he took over as chief executive officer. Subsequent to the formation of FirstRand, he was appointed chief executive officer of FirstRand Bank Holdings in 1999, a position he held until December 2005 when he was appointed chief executive officer of FirstRand. He retired in 2010.
R666 million

Desmond Sacco: Desmond Sacco is Chairman of Assore Ltd in Johannesburg. He is Chair of Ore & Metal Co Ltd as well as Chair of African Mining & Trust Co Ltd. Sacco represented South African University at cricket (blue), hockey (blue) and Transvaal Provincial cricket and hockey. Sacco qualified as a geologist and joined the Assore group in 1968. He was appointed to the Assore Board in 1974 and, on retirement of his father in 1992, he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director. In that year, he was also appointed Deputy Chairman of Assmang Limited and in 1999, he became Chairman of Assmang. He is a fellow of the Institute of Directors and of the Geological Society of South Africa.
R2, 88 billion

Lauritz Dippenaar: Laurie Dippenaar co-founded FirstRand Limited with GT Ferreira in 1977. He is the former Chief Executive of FirstRand, and currently serves the Group in a non-executive capacity. He is also Chairman of Discovery, Momentum and OUTsurance and is a qualified Chartered Accounted (SA).
R1, 95 billion

Polelo Zim: Polelo Zim is the Chairman of Afripalm Resources and Northam Platinum. He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Telkom SA Limited. Zim won the African Business Leader of the Year award in 2005.
R538 million

Johannes Mouton: Jannie Mouton is the Founder and Chairman of PSG Financial Services Limited and serves as a Non-Executive Director at the company. Mouton has over 35 years of experience in financial management and investment banking. He also qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1973.
R673 million

Adrian Gore: Adrian Gore is a South African businessman who is the Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Holdings Limited and Chairman of both Destiny Health Inc in the USA and Prudential Health Limited in the UK. Gore is also a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. In 1992, he founded Discovery Health, South Africa's largest medical aid, providing healthcare for more than 218,000 companies and 1.8 million people. Gore is currently the Chairman of the South African Board of Jewish Education.
R1, 40 billion

Nicky Oppenheimer: Nicky Oppenheimer is Chairman of De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited. He also serves as a Director of De Beers Holdings Limited and De Beers Group Limited. He previously served as Deputy Chairman of Anglo American Corporation. According to Forbes, Nicky is the richest South African and the second richest man on the African continent.
R5, 36 billion

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