Michiel Le Roux

$3.48B

$44.8M (-1.3%)

as of 04/20/26

About Michiel Le Roux

Michiel Le Roux of South Africa founded Capitec Bank in 2001 and owns about 11% of the company's shares.

The bank, which trades on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, targets South Africa's emerging middle class.

He served as chairman of the board of Capitec from 2007 to 2016 and still sits on the company's board.

Le Roux previously ran Boland Bank, a small regional bank in Cape Town's hinterland.

Personal stats

Citizenship

South Africa

Source of wealth

Banking

Residence

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Marital status

Married

Birth date

05/20/49 (age 76)

Education

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Stellenbosch; LLB, University of Stellenbosch

Self-made

self-made

Michiel Le Roux’s fortune is worth

58K

troy ounces of gold

53K

median U.S. household

35K

median U.S. income

0.07%

U.S. credit card volume

0.014%

GDP of the United States

0.01%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Capitec Bank has more than 800 branches and over 15,000 employees.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

JSE | CPI-ZA

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd

JSE | ZED-ZA

Zeder Investments Ltd