This is an annotated list of important
diamond
Diamond is a Allotropes of carbon, solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Diamond is tasteless, odourless, strong, brittle solid, colourless in pure form, a poor conductor of e ...
business magnate
A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who is a powerful entrepreneur and investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or industry whose goods or ser ...
s. It is in alphabetical order based on last name.
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Barney Barnato
Barney Barnato (born Barnet Isaacs; 21 February 1851 – 14 June 1897) was a British Randlord and diamond magnate who was one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later, gold mining in South Africa from the 1870s up ...
(1851–1897), British Randlord and diamond magnate
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Alfred Beit
Alfred Beit (15 February 1853 – 16 July 1906) was an Anglo-German gold and diamond magnate in South Africa, and a major donor and profiteer of infrastructure development on the African continent. He also donated much money to university ed ...
(1853–1906), Anglo-German gold and diamond magnate
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Thomas Cullinan (diamond magnate) (1862–1936), South African diamond magnate.
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David Harris (South African businessman) (1852–1942), South African soldier, diamond magnate, and legislator
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John Dale Lace
Colonel John Dale Lace (27 November 1859 – 5 June 1937) was a South African gold and diamond mining magnate and Randlord. He was born in Port St Mary
Port St Mary ( or ''Purt-noo-Moirrey'' ) is a village district in the south-west ...
(1859–1937), South African gold and diamond magnate.
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Lev Avnerovich Leviev
Lev Avnerovich Leviev (; born 30 July 1956) is an Israeli diamond magnate, investor and philanthropist. Leviev was the chairman and majority shareholder of Africa Israel Investments, a diversified conglomerate, between 1997 and 2018. Leviev ...
(born 1956), Israeli diamond magnate, investor, and philanthropist
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William McHardy (diamond magnate) (1846–1913), Scottish-South African diamond magnate
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Cecil Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes ( ; 5 July 185326 March 1902) was an English-South African mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded th ...
(1853–1902), British mining magnate and politician
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Maurice Tempelsman (born 1929), Belgian-American businessman, a diamond magnate, and merchant
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Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet (1893–1973), British military officer and diamond magnate
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Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Baronet
Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet (9 April 1850 – 21 May 1912) was a German-born Randlord, diamond magnate, and art collector. He became part of the English establishment.
Life history
Born in Darmstadt, Hesse, Wernher was the son of ...
(1850–1912), German-born Randlord, diamond magnate, and art collector
Diamond industry
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