• Nicholas F. Oppenheimer (born 8 June 1945) is a South African billionaire businessman. He was formerly the chairman of De Beers diamond mining company and of its...
  • Nicky Oppenheimer, heir to the De Beers diamond fortune, sold his 40% of the firm to mining group Anglo American for $5.1 billion in cash in 2012.
  • Born into the Oppenheimer family, Nicky joined Anglo-American, the mining conglomerate founded by his grandfather, in 1968.
  • When Boler died, the ownership passed on to Nicky Oppenheimer, the former chairman of De Beers and a passionate conservationist.
  • Nicky Oppenheimer Early life and Career ... The Oppenheimer family maintained a dominating place in the world’s diamond trade for a really long time.
  • Nicky Oppenheimer - A Short Documentary.
    • 2003 Joins Kimberley Process, a scheme to ban conflict diamonds.
    • 2011 Nicky Oppenheimer resigns from Anglo American board.
  • Nicky is the grandson of Ernest Oppenheimer, the founder of a company known as Anglo American South Africa Limited.
  • One of the biggest challenges that Nicky Oppenheimer faced was the transition of his family's business from a mining company to a diversified conglomerate.
  • Although both Robert and Nicky Oppenheimer have German Jewish heritage, their family backgrounds originate from different regions and histories.