A Nigerian is now the 23rd richest person in the entire world! It’s our very own President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. According to Forbes, he has moved 20 spots from his initial position of the 43rd richest person in the world to the 23rd position making him the first first black man to be named among the 25 richest people in the world! He is currently worth $25bn Facebook owner, Mark Zuckerberg, holds the 21st spot, but with the way things are going, Dangote may surpass him pretty soon. Congrats to him!
Globacom’s boss, Chief Mike Adenuga, is the next Nigerian on the list, with a wealth of $4.6bn, he is maintaining the 325th position in the world, while Folorunsho Alakija, with $2.5bn, is on the 687th spot and Abdulsamad Rabiu in the 1,372th position in the world, with $1.2bn.
Bill Gates takes the no 1 spot with $76billion, see the top 30 richest people in the world after the cut
1. Bill Gates
Net Worth: $76 B
Source of wealth: Microsoft
2.
Carlos Slim Helu & family
Net Worth: $72 B
Source of wealth: telecom
3.
Amancio Ortega
Net Worth: $64 B
Source of wealth: retail
4.
Warren Buffett
Net Worth: $58.2 B
Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
5.
Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $48 B
Source of wealth: Oracle
6.
Charles Koch
Net Worth: $40 B
Source of wealth: diversified
7.
David Koch
Net Worth: $40 B
Source of wealth: diversified
8.
Sheldon Adelson
Net Worth: $38 B
Source of wealth: casinos
9.
Christy Walton & family
Net Worth: $36.7 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
10.
Jim Walton
Net Worth: $34.7 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
11.
Liliane Bettencourt & family
Net Worth: $34.5 B
Source of wealth: L’Oreal
12.
Stefan Persson
Net Worth: $34.4 B
Source of wealth: H&M
13.
Alice Walton
Net Worth: $34.3 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
14.
S. Robson Walton
Net Worth: $34.2 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
15.
Bernard Arnault & family
Net Worth: $33.5 B
Source of wealth: LVMH
16.
Michael Bloomberg
Net Worth: $33 B
Source of wealth: Bloomberg LP
17.
Larry Page
Net Worth: $32.3 B
Source of wealth: Google
18.
Jeff Bezos
Net Worth: $32 B
Source of wealth: Amazon.com
19.
Sergey Brin
Net Worth: $31.8 B
Source of wealth: Google
20.
Li Ka-shing
Net Worth: $31 B
Source of wealth: diversified
21.
Mark Zuckerberg
Net Worth: $28.5 B
Source of wealth: Facebook
22.
Michele Ferrero & family
Net Worth: $26.5 B
Source of wealth: chocolates
23.
Aliko Dangote
Net Worth: $25 B
Source of wealth: cement, sugar, flour
24.
Karl Albrecht
Net Worth: $25 B
Source of wealth: retail
25.
Carl Icahn
Net Worth: $24.5 B
Source of wealth: investments
26.
George Soros
Net Worth: $23 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
27.
David Thomson & family
Net Worth: $22.6 B
Source of wealth: media
28.
Lui Che Woo
Net Worth: $22 B
Source of wealth: casinos
29.
Dieter Schwarz
Net Worth: $21.1 B
Source of wealth: retail
30.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Net Worth: $20.4 B
Source of wealth: investments
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