Patrice Motsepe Quotes

South Africa, Entrepreneur
January 28, 1962

Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe (born 28 January 1962) is a South African billionaire mining businessman. He is the founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, which has interests in gold, ferrous metals, base metals, and platinum. He sits on several company boards including being the non-executive chairman of Harmony Gold, the world's 12th largest gold mining company, and the deputy chairman of Sanlam. In 2012, Motsepe was named South Africa's richest man, topping the Sunday Times' annual Rich List with an estimated fortune of R20.07 billion ($2.5 billion).

Also known as Businessperson

Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.

Patrice Motsepe
- World
- Succeed
- Youth
You could be worth $2 billion today and a half a billion tomorrow. It doesn't take much for this to disappear overnight.

Patrice Motsepe
- Today
- Tomorrow
- Worth

The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.

Patrice Motsepe
Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.

Patrice Motsepe
- Heart
- Education
- Dreams
My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'

Patrice Motsepe
- Black
- Me
- Capitalist
South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people.

Patrice Motsepe
- People
- Caring
- Loving
Abe Krok was a man of integrity who made a unique contribution to Mamelodi Sundowns and to South African football.

Patrice Motsepe
- Man
- Football
- Unique
I have confidence in mining. I see exciting opportunities in it.

Patrice Motsepe
- Confidence
- Opportunities

I've heard people say South Africans are arrogant, that they act no differently from their colonial masters. That needs to change. It's in your business interest as an entrepreneur to form meaningful partnerships. That's how you do well for your shareholders.

Patrice Motsepe
- People
- Business
- Change
People don't know that there were very successful black businessmen in the years of apartheid.

Patrice Motsepe
- People
- Black
- Successful
The system of creating opportunities for those who were by law excluded, you've got to do that. But you mustn't create a perception that the process is devoid of competitiveness... devoid of building a world class, sustainable black business community.

Patrice Motsepe
- World
- Business
- Black
Only in South Africa could you have a change in government without civil war. If there wasn't the depth of love and caring among our people, this would not have happened.

Patrice Motsepe
- People
- Love
- War
You have to have a globally competitive mining dispensation.

Patrice Motsepe
- You
- Mining
- Globally
If we continue doing the right things in Africa, we can create a very exciting and competitive global market here.

Patrice Motsepe
- Doing
- Very
- Africa