Nicky Oppenheimer & family

$9.52B

as of 07/05/24

About Nicky Oppenheimer & family

Nicky Oppenheimer, heir to the De Beers diamond fortune, sold his 40% of the firm to mining group Anglo American for $5.1 billion in cash in 2012.

He was the third generation of his family to run De Beers, and took the company private in 2001.

For 85 years until 2012, the Oppenheimer family occupied a controlling spot in the world's diamond trade.

In 2014, Oppenheimer started Fireblade Aviation in Johannesburg, which operates chartered flights.

He owns at least 720 square miles of conservation land across South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Personal stats

Citizenship

South Africa

Source of wealth

Diamonds

Residence

Johannesburg, South Africa

Marital status

Married

Birth date

06/08/45 (age 79)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Oxford U Christ Church; Master of Arts, Oxford U Christ Church

Self-made

inherited