Billionaire Nicky Oppenheimer sold 40% of De Beers for $5.1 billion. All of it now fetches $1 billion
Billionaires Africa | 06.08.2026 08:40
Nicky Oppenheimer sold his family's 40% holding in De Beers to Anglo American for $5.1 billion in 2011, ending eighty years of Oppenheimer control over the world's most famous diamond company.