1. Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe was born on 28 January 1962 and is a South African billionaire businessman and football administrator.
21 Facts About Patrice Motsepe
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Patrice Motsepe is the founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, which has interests in gold, ferrous metals, base metals, and platinum.
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Patrice Motsepe sits on several company boards, including being the non-executive chairman of Harmony Gold, the world's 12th largest gold mining company, and the deputy chairman of Sanlam.
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Patrice Motsepe serves on the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum.
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In January 2024, Motsepe was named Africa's 9th richest man and South Africa's 3rd richest man after Johan Rupert and Nicky Oppenheimer by CNBC Africa alongside Koos Bekker, with an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion.
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In May 2024, Patrice Motsepe was ranked as the 1,175th-wealthiest person in the world by Forbes, with a reported fortune of US$2.9 billion.
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Since 2004, Patrice Motsepe has been a non-executive director of Absa Group and Sanlam.
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Patrice Motsepe is the founder of African Rainbow Minerals Platinum Limited and ARM Consortium Limited, which later equally split ownership with Anglo American Platinum Corp Ltd.
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From 2005, Patrice Motsepe was Chairman of Teal Exploration and Mining Incorporated.
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Patrice Motsepe is chairman of Ubuntu-Botho Investments, Non-Executive chairman of Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd.
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Patrice Motsepe has been president of South Africa's Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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In 2003, Patrice Motsepe created Ubuntu-Botho Investments.
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In 2024, Patrice Motsepe extended his investment portfolio to include the renewable energy sector, addressing South Africa's energy shortages.
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Patrice Motsepe supported the establishment of GoSolr, a company specializing in renting solar panels and batteries to residential customers.
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In November 2020, Patrice Motsepe announced that he would become a candidate to become CAF's president.
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Quickly accused of being actively supported by FIFA - despite its duty of reserve and neutrality - and its President Gianni Infantino, who would seek to obtain the votes of Africa for future re-election, Patrice Motsepe was elected on 12 March 2021, after that all four other candidates had withdrawn their candidacies.
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On March 12,2025, Patrice Motsepe was re-elected president of the Confederation of African Football, during the 14th extraordinary general assembly of CAF.
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In 2020, Patrice Motsepe was ranked as the 1,307th-wealthiest person in the world by Forbes, with a reported fortune of US$2.1 billion.
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The club, owned by Patrice Motsepe, was found to have breached safety and security regulations.
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Patrice Motsepe is married to Precious Moloi, a physician and fashion entrepreneur.
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Patrice Motsepe is the brother of Tshepo Motsepe and Bridgette Radebe, and the brother-in-law of both President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister Jeff Radebe.