Dangote Becomes 23rd Richest Man In The World

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

Bill Gates
Net Worth: $76 B
Source of wealth: Microsoft
Carlos Slim Helu & family
Net Worth: $72 B
Source of wealth: telecom

Amancio Ortega
Net Worth: $64 B
Source of wealth: retail

Warren Buffett
Net Worth: $58.2 B
Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway

Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $48 B
Source of wealth: Oracle

Charles Koch
Net Worth: $40 B
Source of wealth: diversified

David Koch
Net Worth: $40 B
Source of wealth: diversified

Sheldon Adelson
Net Worth: $38 B
Source of wealth: casinos

Christy Walton & family
Net Worth: $36.7 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart

Jim Walton
Net Worth: $34.7 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart

Liliane Bettencourt & family
Net Worth: $34.5 B
Source of wealth: L’Oreal

Stefan Persson
Net Worth: $34.4 B
Source of wealth: H&M

Alice Walton
Net Worth: $34.3 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart

S. Robson Walton
Net Worth: $34.2 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart

Bernard Arnault & family
Net Worth: $33.5 B
Source of wealth: LVMH

Michael Bloomberg
Net Worth: $33 B
Source of wealth: Bloomberg LP

Larry Page
Net Worth: $32.3 B
Source of wealth: Google

Jeff Bezos
Net Worth: $32 B
Source of wealth: Amazon.com

Sergey Brin
Net Worth: $31.8 B
Source of wealth: Google

Li Ka-shing
Net Worth: $31 B
Source of wealth: diversified

Mark Zuckerberg
Net Worth: $28.5 B
Source of wealth: Facebook

Michele Ferrero & family
Net Worth: $26.5 B
Source of wealth: chocolates

Aliko Dangote
Net Worth: $25 B
Source of wealth: cement, sugar, flour

Karl Albrecht
Net Worth: $25 B
Source of wealth: retail

Carl Icahn
Net Worth: $24.5 B
Source of wealth: investments

George Soros
Net Worth: $23 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds

David Thomson & family
Net Worth: $22.6 B
Source of wealth: media

Lui Che Woo
Net Worth: $22 B
Source of wealth: casinos

Dieter Schwarz
Net Worth: $21.1 B
Source of wealth: retail

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Net Worth: $20.4 B
Source of wealth: investments

-Akpraise