Harry Oppenheimer
28 October 1908 – 19 August 2000
Harry Oppenheimer was a South African businessman who led the Anglo American Corporation and De Beers Consolidated Mines for much of the second half of the twentieth century. He succeeded his father Ernest Oppenheimer as chairman of both companies in 1957, having earlier served as a member of the South African Parliament. He funded opposition parties and endowed educational and research institutions in South Africa.
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Life events
He was the son of Ernest Oppenheimer, the founder of the Anglo American Corporation.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe read philosophy, politics and economics after schooling at Charterhouse in England.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe entered the family mining group in Johannesburg after leaving Oxford.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe saw service in the Western Desert campaign.
The couple had two children, Nicholas and Mary.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe sat as a United Party member until standing down in 1957.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe took over the chairmanship after the death of his father.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe led the diamond group alongside his role at Anglo American.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe stepped down from Anglo American in 1982 and from De Beers two years later.
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