1. Aliko Dangote
Net Worth: $21.6 Billion (Forbes), $25.7 Billion (Ventures Africa)
Industry: Cement, Sugar, Flour
Alhaji Aliko Dangote is worth an estimated $21.6 billion. He is the richest man in Africa, and 67th in the world according to Forbes.
He was born in Kano, Nigeria on 10th April 1957. He gained his university education in Al –Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt where he studied Business Studies.
Mr. Dangote is the chairman and CEO of Dangote Group of Companies. The company has interests in the field of mining, petroleum, steel, and cement.
Its operations are spread out across Africa in countries such as Zambia, Cameroon, Ghana, Togo, South Africa, and Benin.
He also holds stakes in two undeveloped offshore oil fields in the Nigeria-Sao Tome Joint Development Zone.
Aliko Dangote is by far the richest man in Nigeria.
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