WOW! Aliko Dangote Now 23rd Richest Man In The World; 1st African To Reach Top 25 -Forbes

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President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote is now the 23rd richest person in the world. 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.

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

6. 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

23. 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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