Johann Rupert’s Cars, Net worth, and Biography

Sellatease Team Jul 23, 2024

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Africa's richest man Johann Rupert's Cars, Net worth, and Biography — Africa's richest man Johann Rupert

Johann Peter Rupert is a South African Billionaire Businessman, the eldest son of business tycoon Anton Rupert and his wife Huberte. He was born on 1 June 1950, the chairman of the Swiss-based luxury goods company Richemont and the South Africa-based company Remgro. Johann Rupert has been the CEO of Compagnie Financiere Richemont. In 2021, Rupert and their family were ranked second richest in South Africa with an estimated net worth of US$7.1 billion. In today’s article, we will write about Johann Rupert’s cars, net worth, and biography.

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Biography

Johann Peter Rupert was born on 1 June 1950, he is a South African billionaire businessman and the new title holder of Africa’s richest man after surpassing Aliko Dangote. He grew up in Stellenbosch, where he studied economics and company law at Paul Roos Gymnasium and the University of Stellenbosch. He dropped out of the University to pursue a business career. In 2004, the University awarded him an honorary doctorate in Economics.

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University also awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2008. He is nicknamed “Rupert the Bear”. He rarely gives interviews and shuns public events.

Business career

Johann Rupert’s journey into the business world start when he served his business apprenticeship in New York City, he worked for Chase Manhattan for two years and Lazard Freres for three years. In 1979, he returned to South Africa and founded Rand Merchant Bank, of which he is the CEO. His business history is as follows:

1984: Merged RMB and Rand Consolidated Investments, forming RMB Holdings, and left to join his father’s company, the Rembrandt Group.
1988 Founded Compagnie Financiere Richemont in 1988 and was appointed Non-Executive Director of Rothmans International plc in 1988. He was named “Businessman of the Year” by the Sunday Times in the same year.
1989: Appointed Vice Chairman of the Rembrandt Group.
1990: Named business leader of the year by Die Burger newspaper and the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce. Formed Richemont subsidiary Vendôme Luxury Group SA.
1991: Appointed Chairman of Rembrandt Group Limited and in 1992 he was named one of 200 “Global Leaders of Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland.
1993: Received the M.S. Louw Award from the A.H.I. (“Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut”).
1996: Named Sunday Times Business Times’s Businessman of the Year for the second time.
1997: Appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Gold Fields South Africa Ltd.
1999: Awarded the 1999 Free Market Award by The Free Market Foundation of South Africa.
2000: Restructured Rembrandt Group Limited and formed Remgro Limited and VenFin Limited. Appointed Chairman and Chief Executive of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA. Voted “Most Influential Business Leader” in South Africa by CEOs of top 100 Listed Companies
2004: Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Economics by the University of Stellenbosch.
2008 Voted South Africa’s Business Leader of the Year by the CEOs of the Top 100 Companies, for the third time.
2009 Appointed “Officier” of the French “Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur” by the President of the French Republic
Selected as the 2009 International Wine Entrepreneur of the Year at the Meininger “Excellence in Wine and Spirit” awards ceremony in Düsseldorf, Germany.
2009: Appointed Chancellor of Stellenbosch University
2010 Made Honorary Vice President of the European Golf Tour
Awarded honorary doctorate by the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Johann Peter Rupert’s net worth

Johann Rupert is the new record holder of Africa’s richest man with an estimated net worth of US$12 billion, surpassing the long-standing champion Aliko Dangote whose net worth is $10.8 billion. The recent devaluation of the Naira by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu played a major role in the decline in the decline of Dangote’s net worth.

Johann Rupert’s cars

Johann Rupert is a car enthusiast who owns a collection of over 180 vintage cars sitting in a private museum as well as the latest luxury cars which include a Porsche Carrera GT, Jaguar E-Type, Honda NSX, and a Mercedes-Benz CLK, etc.