Billionaire List:Dangote, Adenuga ,Rabiu Still Among Africa's Top Ten - EDU-BIZNEWS

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Billionaire List:Dangote, Adenuga ,Rabiu Still Among Africa's Top Ten




President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Globacom and Conoil Plc ,Dr.Mike Adenuga and Founder of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu are three Nigerians who have continued to maintain their positions among Africa's top ten billionaires in the latest Forbes list of billionaire in the world

Dangote is still the  Africa’s richest person with his net worth jump to $11.5bn from $8.3bn in 2020, making him the 191st wealthiest person in the world.


Nigeria's second richest man,Dr Mike Adenuga, is the fifth on the continent and  440 in the global list with his fortune rising to $6.1bn from $5.6bn last year.


Coming next is the founder of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu whose wealth surged to $4.9bn from $2.9bn in 2020, making him the 574th richest person in the world and the sixth in Africa.

The second richest African, Nassef Sawiris, was ranked 297th on the list with a net worth of $8.3billion, alongside other Africans on the list which included five South Africans, five Egyptians and one Algerian.

Sawiris is an investor and a scion of Egypt’s wealthiest family, with his most valuable asset being a nearly six per cent stake in sportswear maker Adidas, according to Forbes.

Other Egyptians are Naguib Sawiris (worth $3.2bn and ranked 956th); Mohamed Mansour ($2.5bn, 1,249th); Youssef Mansour ($1.5bn, 2,035th), and Yasseen Mansour ($1.1bn, 2,524th).

The South Africans are Nicky Oppenheimer and family (worth $8bn and ranked 308th); Johann Rupert and family ($7.1bn, 358th); Koos Bekker ($3bn, 1,008th); Patrice Motsepe ($2.9bn, 1,064th); and Michiel Le Roux ($1.1bn, 2,524th).

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