GREEN RANKING FOR 2009
Ranking: 32=
Worth: £1.5bn
Green investment: Wildlife conservation

South African tycoon Nicholas Oppenheimer owes his fortune to the diamond empire De Beers and mining giant Anglo American. In November 2006 Oppenheimer sold a third of his family’s interest in Anglo American for about £250m. In recent months, Anglo American’s share price has more than halved and Oppenheimer’s remaining stake is worth £564m (down from £1.35 billion a year ago). With a £786m fall in his share stake and other asset price falls, we cut Oppenheimer back to £1.5 billion. But this is still enough to support his eco causes. In 1999 Oppenheimer donated a nature reserve to the South African National Parks. He handed over 4,500 hectares last year for an eco-campus for disadvantaged youths.