Nicky Oppenheimer
Businessperson, Organization leader
1945 –
Who is Nicky Oppenheimer?
Nicholas "Nicky" F. Oppenheimer is a South African billionaire businessman and former chairman of De Beers diamond mining company and its subsidiary, the Diamond Trading Company. He has a large interest in the diversified mining company Anglo American.
In 1999 he joined forces with two of his friends to form Greene and Partners Investments, a venture capital firm which has funded a diversity of projects within South Africa and around Africa. In November 2011 the Oppenheimers sold the entirety of their 40% stake in De Beers to Anglo American. He and his family control the Tswalu game reserve in the Kalahari, set up by his friend Stephen Boler.
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- Born
- Jun 8, 1945
South Africa - Also known as
- Nicholas Oppenheimer
- Nicholas F. Oppenheimer
- Parents
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Profession
- Education
- Christ Church, Oxford
- Harrow School
- University of Oxford
- Employment
- De Beers
- Anglo American plc
(1968 - )
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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