Johann Rupert and 3 More South Africans Land on 'Bloomberg' Billionaires Index to Shortlist World’s Richest

• South African businessman Johann Rupert is one of three South Africans who made it on Boolmberg's list of 500 billionaires
• The list is a daily ranking that takes into account people's net worth and places them from the highest to the lowest
• Other South Africans who made the list on 31 May 2023 include Nicky Oppenheimer and Natie Kirsh

Bloomberg reported their latest list of the world's richest. South Africa's Johann Rupert and family made the list with a network of R257 billion.

The Bloomberg BillIionares' Index outlined others from Mzansi in a similar tax bracket. Nick Oppenheimer from De Beers diamond mining and Natir Kirsh of Kirsh Group trailed behind Johann Rupert on the list.

Johann Rupert highest ranking South African on Bloomberg Billionaires Index

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Natie Kirsh was only a billion behind at number 306 with R138 billion net worth. Even though he is listed as South Africa by Bloomberg, he holds Swati citizenship. The origins of his wealth come from a corn milling business which later expanded into wholesale food distributed in apartheid South Africa as reported by Forbes.

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Source: Briefly News