- PATRICE MOTSEPE
Patrice Motsepe has a net worth of $3.1 billion. In 2008, he became the first Black African to be featured on the Forbes list of world billionaires at the age of 46. He is also the first South African industrialist and billionaire.
In a CNN interview, Motsepe said his first passion was entrepreneurship. “Growing up in a business environment within a family standing behind conflicts at a young age, I wanted to pursue my first passion which was entrepreneurship,” he said.