In terms of the overall world list, South Africa-born Elon Musk is the world’s richest person. Below is a list of the top six richest South Africans in the world as of 24 January 2025.

2024 was a notable year for some of South Africa’s richest people, with all of the country’s billionaires listed by Forbes increasing their net worth and gaining in the world rankings.

While South Africa's six dollar billionaires have each amassed vast personal fortunes, they pale in comparison to Musk, who is by far the wealthiest person on the list, with a net worth of $416 ...

Despite global economic downtime, some of the world’s richest businessmen continue to amass massive wealth through new ventures.Here in Africa, the continent’s wealthiest people from various sectors ...

Africa’s wealthiest individuals have earned spots among the world’s 500 richest people as of January 2025 ... Johann Rupert, a luxury-goods magnate from South Africa, follows with $13.7 ...

the world’s wealthiest person, who was born in South Africa and is a powerful Trump adviser. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last month signed a bill that stipulates the government may ...

However, Kenya ranks poorly in terms of wealth distribution per person. South Africa was ranked the wealthiest on the continent ... Kenya was also tipped as “a most promising” emerging African ...

One of those places is the richest neighbourhood ... in some of Europe’s most expensive areas. Craig Hutchison, CEO of luxury property firm Engel & Völkers South Africa, told Mansion Global ...

Gauteng is the second wealthiest, spending an average of R170,628. South Africa’s most populated province had the largest share of total household consumption expenditure. The Western Cape and ...

With that said, here are the 10 richest people on the continent according to Forbes real time net worth index, as of 3rd of January 2025. Compared to last year's list, Aliko Dangote ranks number 1 ...