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Theo Baloyi is a South African entrepreneur, and the founder and chief executive officer of Bathu Shoes. [1] He launched his eponymous shoe brand in 2015, having previously served as a Senior Associate at PwC in Dubai. [2] [3] He was featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2019. [4] [5] In 2021, he won GQ's Business Leader of the Year. [6] [7]
Richard John Pelwana Maponya, GCOB, [1] (24 December 1920 [1] [failed verification] [disputed – discuss] – 6 January 2020 [2]) was a South African entrepreneur and property developer best known for building a business empire despite the restrictions of apartheid and his determination to see the Soweto township develop economically.
As of December 2024, South African billionaire Johann Rupert is the richest person in Africa, and the African countries with the most billionaires are South Africa (6), Egypt (5), Nigeria (4), and Morocco (2).
Joseph Mucheru, Former Google Sub-Saharan Africa Lead and current Cabinet Secretary for ICT in Kenya. [9] Manu Chandaria. He invests in steel, banking, stocks, and real estate. [10] Mubarak Muyika, Silicon Valley–based Entrepreneur known for founding his first company at 16 and selling it two years later in a six figure deal.
Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien (born 1972), social entrepreneur; Mary Nzimiro (1898–1993), businesswoman, politician and women's activist; Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase; Uche Pedro founder and CEO, BellaNaija; Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu; Adeola Odutola; Stella Chinyelu Okoli; Festus Okotie-Eboh; Omu Okwei; Lawrence Omole; C. T. Onyekwelu; Seun Osewa; Bisoye Tejuoso ...
Motsepe won South Africa's Best Entrepreneur Award in 2002. [4] In 2004, he was voted 39th among the South African Broadcasting Corporation 's Great South Africans . In 2008, he was reported as the 503rd-richest person in the world, according to the Forbes 2019 list of The World's Billionaires , then ranked as the 962nd-wealthiest person in the ...
Other billionaires of African descent on the 2021 Forbes list included Nigerian businessman Mike Adenuga with $6.1 billion, American investor Robert Smith with $11.8 billion, American businessman David Steward with $12.8 billion, American media mogul Oprah Winfrey with $2.7 billion, South African gold magnate Patrice Motsepe with $3.2 billion ...
Aliko Dangote (10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. Born in Kano to a wealthy Hausa family, he was educated in Kano, and was the great-grandson of Alhassan Dantata, the richest person in West Africa at the time of his death in 1955.