Patrice Motsepe Patrice Motsepe ( born 1962 ) is a leading black South African mining entrepreneur . His company , African Rainbow Minerals ( ARMGold ) , has interests in gold , ferrous metals , base metals , and platinum . He is married to Dr. Precious Moloi and they have three children . Patrice Motsepe was voted South Africa 's Business Leader of the Year in 2002 . In 2004 he was voted 39th in the Top 100 Great South Africans . As a passionate football lover he also owns Mamelodi Sundowns FC which is the most succesfull premiership club in S.A since the inception of the Premier Soccer League in 1996 going on to win 4 league titles and a few cups . Still the only club to have won 3 consercative league titles . He also a big contributer to the social development of SA sponsoring a few disadvantaged NGO 's and the school tourneys aimed at discovering the future starts of SA soccer . Appointed to the Board of ARMGold in 2003 and became Executive Chairman during 2004 . Patrice was a partner in one of the largest law firms in South Africa , Bowman Gilfillan Inc . He was a visiting attorney in the USA with the law firm , McGuire Woods Battle and Boothe and was employed by this firm for approximately three years . In 2002 he was voted South Africa’s Business Leader of the Year by the CEOs of the top 100 companies in South Africa . In the same year , he was winner of the Ernst & Young Best Entrepreneur of the Year Award . In 1994 he founded Future Mining , which grew rapidly to become a successful contract mining company . He then formed ARMgold in 1997 , which listed on the JSE in 2002 . ARMgold merged with Harmony in 2003 and this ultimately led to the merger with Anglovaal Mining ( Avmin ) . Patrice is the Executive Chairman of African Rainbow Minerals Limited ( ARM ) . He is also the non-executive Chairman of Harmony and the Deputy Chairman of Sanlam . His various business responsibilities include being President of Business Unity South Africa ( BUSA ) , which is the voice of organised business in South Africa . He is also president of the chambers of Commerce and Industry South Africa ( CHAMSA ) , NAFCOC and Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club . External links Biography in Black Entrepreneur Profile African Rainbow Minerals website Categories : South African businesspeople 