Nicky Oppenheimer
Nicky Oppenheimer
Nicholas "Nicky" F. Oppenheimeris a South African businessman and philanthropist. He was formerly the Chairman of De Beers diamond mining company and of its subsidiary, the Diamond Trading Company, and former Deputy Chairman of the Anglo American Corporation...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth8 June 1945
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It's much nicer to be known as Mr. Nice Guy than Mr. Nasty Guy. But you've got to have lines - and when you hit the line, that's the end of the story, nice guy or not.
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I don't think Africa gets as much credit as it should have on the world stage. People tend to think of us as coming from The Dark Continent, where nothing good goes on. That's not true. A huge amount of, as I say, entrepreneurship goes on.
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I am one of the affluent rich living the good life. But I like to think that I am doing my bit to resolve the problems of Africa and am certainly committed to Africa in the long run.
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You can get a diamond which is worth 10 cents; you can get a diamond of exactly the same size, which is worth a hundred dollars.
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The army taught me to sign my name very quickly, and that's stood me in good stead the rest of my life.
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One likes at the point of production to realize the maximum value, and diamond producers are no different.
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May I suggest that people in many African countries could be suffering from donation fatigue?
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It is only through developing and maximizing all its natural resources that a sustainable future for Africa and its people can be secured.
I was never a skilled artist or anything like that - never a rebel.
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I am an African. I live there and my children live there, and as far as I understand, they intend to go on living there.
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Businesses need certainty, to see clearly the rules of engagement for investing in South Africa.
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Any father likes his son to take over from him if possible.
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We all need to become more customer-focused and recognize the power of marketing to sell more diamonds.
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Diamonds are a key component in the campaign to make poverty history.