- Patrice Motsepe
Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe (born
28 January 1962 inJohannesburg ) is a leadingSouth Africa n mining entrepreneur. His company,African Rainbow Minerals , has interests in gold, ferrous metals, base metals, and platinum.He is married to Dr. Precious Makgosi Moloi and they have three children.
Patrice Motsepe won South Africa's Best Entrepreneur Award in 2002 [http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=1140] .In 2004 he was voted 39th in the Top 100 Great South Africans. In 2008 he was 503-rd richest person in the world, by the Forbes World Billionaires List.
As a passionate football lover he owns Mamelodi Sundowns FC which is the most successful club in South Africa since the inception of the
Premier Soccer League in 1996. They have won four league titles and a few cups, and are still the only club to have won three consecutive league titles. He is also a big contributor to the social development of South Africa, sponsoring a few disadvantagedNGO 's and school journeys aimed at discovering the future starts of South Africa soccer.Since 2004, he is also a Non-Executive Director of Absa Group and
Sanlam . [http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=1140]External links
* [http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=721691 What a lot he’s got] in "The Sowetan" of 6-7 March 2008.
* [http://www.blackentrepreneurprofile.com/profile-full/archive/2004/october/article/patrice-motsepe/ Biography in "Black Entrepreneur Profile]
* [http://www.arm.co.za/ African Rainbow Minerals website]
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