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Patrice Motsepe

South Africa · b. 1962 PRO

Mining billionaire, philanthropist & CAF president

South Africa's first Black billionaire, betting his fortune on Africa.

The rise

A lawyer turned mining entrepreneur, Motsepe built African Rainbow Minerals and became South Africa's first Black billionaire.

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