Patrice Motsepe
28 January 1962 – present
Patrice Motsepe is a South African businessman and lawyer who founded African Rainbow Minerals. Trained as a mining lawyer, he moved into contract mining in the 1990s and built a group of mining and financial services interests. He owns the football club Mamelodi Sundowns and was elected president of the Confederation of African Football in 2021.
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Life events
He was born into a family that ran a general dealership and hostel in Soweto.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe took a bachelor's degree at the University of Swaziland and an LLB at the University of the Witwatersrand.
He married the physician and businesswoman Precious Moloi-Motsepe.
He had specialised in mining and business law at the Johannesburg firm.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe business began by providing contract services such as cleaning gold dust at shaft operations.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe acquired marginal gold mine shafts and consolidated them into the company that became African Rainbow Minerals.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe undertook to give at least half of the funds generated by his family assets to charitable causes.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was elected unopposed at the CAF general assembly in Rabat, Morocco.
Source: en.wikipedia.org