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Patrice Motsepe
Building African Rainbow Minerals and leading African football’s governing body.
Future Mining · African Rainbow Minerals
- Born
- 28 January 1962
- Birthplace
- Soweto, South Africa
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Patrice Motsepe
South African mining entrepreneur whose public work extends into football administration and philanthropy.
Early life
Family business
Learned about trade through his father’s shop, which served mine workers.
Legal training
Studied at the University of Swaziland and the University of the Witwatersrand.
Career
- 1980s–1990s
Law and mining
Worked in mining law before establishing a mining-services business.
- 1990s–2000s
Company building
Acquired mining assets and developed African Rainbow Minerals.
- 2021 onward
Football administration
Became president of the Confederation of African Football.
Companies & projects
Future Mining
Built a business supplying services to established mines.
African Rainbow Minerals
Helped create a diversified mining group through corporate consolidation.
CAF presidency
Took charge of the continental football confederation.
Beyond work
Giving Pledge
Committed with his family to devote at least half their wealth to philanthropy.
Football ownership
Acquired Mamelodi Sundowns in 2003.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and references ↗Biography and contributions ↗Photo: Copyright by World Economic Forum swiss-image.ch/Photo by Monika Flueckiger. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
