Sindika Dokolo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sindika Dokolo
Occupation	Art Collector
Date Of Birth	Mar 16, 1972(1972-03-16)
Age	52
Birthplace	Kinshasa
Country	Congo
Birth City	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Horoscope	Pisces

Sindika Dokolo Biography

Sindika Dokolo is one of the most popular and richest Art Collector who was born on March 16, 1972 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo.

Sindika Dokolo (born (1972-03-16 ) 16 March 1972) is a Congolese art collector and businessman. He owned one of the most important contemporary African art collections, which includes more than 3,000 pieces.

Through his father’s initiative, he started an arts collection at the age of

15. During an interview to Angolan TV network TPA, Sindika Dokolo said his parents already very much liked art: his mother took him to visit all the museums in Europe and his father was a great collector of classical African art. In 1995, he decided to return to Zaire to join the large family business – in total 17 companies (banking, breeding, fishing, coffee exportation, real estate, consumer goods distributor, merchandise conveyance, printing, insurance, mining and car selling). The country collapsed and their activity couldn’t survive. Later, these family businesses were nationalized by the Government of Zaire in 1986 under President Mobutu Sese Seko.

Sindika Dokolo Net Worth

Sindika Dokolo is one of the richest Art Collector from Congo. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sindika Dokolo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Kinshasa in 1972, he was brought up in Belgium and France by his parents: Augustin Dokolo, a bank owner, millionaire and collector of African arts, and his Danish wife Hanne Kruse. He attended the Lycée Saint-Louis-de- Gonzague in Paris from which he graduated; later he studied economics, commerce and foreign languages at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Sindika Dokolo Dating?

According to our records, Sindika Dokolo married to Isabel dos Santos (m. 2002–2020). As of December 1, 2023, Sindika Dokolo’s is not dating anyone.

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In December 2013, Dokolo attended the opening of the VII Biennial of São Tomé and Príncipe, international art exhibition in the country, where the art works of Sindika Dokolo Foundation are exposed. In an interview with Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Negócios, the art collector talked about his collection, arguing that “the added value of contemporary African art scene is to give a sensible and intelligent perspective of a continent that is constantly on the move,” aspects that will, in his opinion, project the African continent in the future.

Facts & Trivia

Yves-Matthieu Ranked on the list of most popular Art Collector. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Congo. Sindika Dokolo celebrates birthday on March 16 of every year.

On March 2015, Sindika Dokolo was awarded with Medal of Merit by the city of Oporto, with regard to the contemporary art exhibition You Love Me, You Love Me Not. This honor is the city recognition of the contribution of Sindika Dokolo, which allowed the city of Oporto to develop one of the most relevant projects within the contemporary art of today, helping to establish a “natural bridge” between the city and the world. The exhibition features works from the art collector’s collection and brings together fifty artists (not all Africans). This is the most important exhibition of the collection of Sindika Dokolo Foundation ever achieved and it is considered the largest existing African art collection.

How did Sindika Dokolo died?

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Sindika Dokolo, the Congolese businessman and art collector husband of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, has died in a diving accident in Dubai, a colleague and his family said on Friday.

Is Sindika Dokolo really dead?

October 29, 2020

Where is Sindika Dokolo buried?

The Congolese businessman and art collector Sindika Dokolo, who died aged 48 in a free-diving accident in Dubai last month, was buried at Brompton Cemetery yesterday during a six-hour televised memorial held in Luanda, Kinshasa and London.

Where is Sindika Dokolo from?

Sindika Dokolo was born on May 16, 1972, in Kinshasa, Zaire (the former name of the Democratic Republic of Congo). His father, Augustin Dokolo Sanu, inspired his son to collect African art; his mother, Hanne (Kruse) Dokolo, was born in Denmark and moved to Congo in 1966 to oversee the Danish Red Cross dispensary there.

Who is Isabel dos Santos husband?

Sindika Dokolo