Nicky is die seun van Bridget (née McCall) en [[Harry Oppenheimer]], en kleinseun van sir [[Ernest Oppenheimer]], die stigter van [[Anglo American-korporasie|Anglo American]] en die eerste generasie van die familie om (vanaf 1929) die voorsitterstoel te beklee van die [[De Beers|De Beers Diamond Mining Company]] in [[Suid-Afrika]], wat in 1888 deur [[Cecil John Rhodes]] gestig is. Hy het onderrig ontvang by Harrow School en Christ Church, [[Oxford]], met die vakrigtings filosofie, politiek en ekonomie en het 'n meestersgraad aan die [[Oxford-universiteit]] behaal.<ref>[http://www.debswana.com/About%20Debswana/Board%20of%20Directors/Pages/Nicky%20Oppenheimer.aspx DEbswana: "Nicky Oppenheimer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202052647/http://www.debswana.com/About%20Debswana/Board%20of%20Directors/Pages/Nicky%20Oppenheimer.aspx |date= 2 Desember 2014 }} 2000</ref>
== Sakeloopbaan ==
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== Toekennings ==
In 2003 het die Technikon Witwatersrand in Suid-Afrika 'n doktorsgraad in tegnologie, honoris causa,<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/1476188-nicholas-frank-oppenheimer Bloomber: "Nicholas "Nicky" Oppenheimer"]</ref> aan hom toegeken. Dit was die eerste keer dat dié technikon so 'n graad aan 'n persoon toegeken hettoeken, hetsy in die openbare of privateprivaatsektor. sektorHy het ook die Presidensiële Ere-orde (2004) van die voormalige president van die Republiek van [[Botswana]] [[Festus Mogae]],<ref>[http://polishedprices.com/go/market-news/weekly-market-reports~4612 Polished Prices: "Weekly Market Report"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223214258/https://www.polishedprices.com/go/market-news/weekly-market-reports~4612 |date=23 Februarie 2017 }} 5 September 2010</ref> asook 'n Ere-genootskap (2009) van die London Business School ontvang.<ref>[http://www.israelidiamond.co.il/English/NEWS.aspx?boneID=918&objID=7812&SearchS=nicky+oppenheimer Israeli Diamond: "Nicky Oppenheimer Takes helm as Debswana Chairman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020800/http://www.israelidiamond.co.il/English/NEWS.aspx?boneID=918&objID=7812&SearchS=nicky+oppenheimer |date=29 November 2014 }} 01 September 2010</ref>
Hy het ook die Presidensiële Ere-orde (2004) van die voormalige president van die Republiek van [[Botswana]] [[Festus Mogae]],<ref>[http://polishedprices.com/go/market-news/weekly-market-reports~4612 Polished Prices: "Weekly Market Report"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223214258/https://www.polishedprices.com/go/market-news/weekly-market-reports~4612 |date=23 Februarie 2017 }} 5 September 2010</ref> asook 'n Ere-Genootskap (2009) van die London Business School<ref>[http://www.israelidiamond.co.il/English/NEWS.aspx?boneID=918&objID=7812&SearchS=nicky+oppenheimer Israeli Diamond: "Nicky Oppenheimer Takes helm as Debswana Chairman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020800/http://www.israelidiamond.co.il/English/NEWS.aspx?boneID=918&objID=7812&SearchS=nicky+oppenheimer |date=29 November 2014 }} 01 September 2010</ref> ontvang.
