Laurie Dippenaar was one of the founders of RMB holdings and owns a 7.5% stake in RMB holdings which alone is worth over R2.5 bn (as at 07/12/2009). He was also one of the people responsible for putting together the FirstRand group and the guy who identified Adrian Gore's idea as a winning one. You might know the company as Discovery. Laurie Dippenaar has become one of the most prominent businessmen in South Africa and has made his mark on the financial services industry. He is also proudly South African.

John Davison Rockefeller was an American industrialist. He founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870 ran it until retirement in 1897. As kerosene and gasoline grew in importance, Rockefeller's wealth soared, and he became the world's richest man and first American billionaire. He is often regarded as the richest person in history. At the time of his death in 1937, his fortune was estimated to be $1.4 billion. As a percentage of GDP, Rockefeller's wealth was worth 1.53% of the US economy^[1], which places him at the top of richest people in history list (in % of GDP terms).

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