South Africa's two richest men are locked in a decades-long horse racing rivalry
Billionaires Africa | 09.07.2026 01:21
South Africa's two wealthiest families have spent eight decades competing in a business that has nothing to do with diamonds or wristwatches. The Ruperts and the Oppenheimers breed racehorses, and they have poured billions of rand into the sport, built rival stud farms that dominate it, and twice pulled it back from collapse.
