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| Aliko Dangote |
The President and Chief Executive Officer of
Dangote Group of Companies, Mr. Aliko Dangote has been rated the 62nd richest
man in the world with a net worth of $13.5 billion.
According to a report by Bloomberg tagged, ‘The World’s 200
Richest People,’ Dangote is said to be richer than Mark Zuckerberg, founder of
Facebook, Rupert Murdoch, CEO and founder of News Corporation, Giorgio Armani,
founder of Armani designs who were stated as having net worths of $10.7
billion, $10.4 billion and $7.8 billion respectively.
In the report, Mexico’s Carlos Slim, Chairman, America Movil SAB
Emeritus, emerged the richest, with a net worth of $77.5 billion, followed by
the founder of Microsoft Company Bill Gates who has a net worth of $64.4
billion, while the chairman of Inditex SA, Amancio Ortega, with a net worth of
$53.6 billion made the third position.
Others on the top ten list include: Warren Buffett with a net
worth of $48.4 billion; Ingvar Kamprad $41.8 billion; Charles Koch, $38.6
billion; David Koch, $38.6 billion; Larry Ellison, $37.2 billion; Christy
Walton, $30.5 billion, and Jim Walton with a net worth of $29.3 billion.
However the founder of Facebook Zuckerberg, is ranked 88th on the
list, while the owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, is ranked 51
with a Net worth of $14.7 billion and Sunil Mittal the owner of Bharti Airtel
with a net worth of $6.2 billion is ranked 182nd on the list.
On the bottom list are: Walter Faria with a Net worth of $6.1
billion; Leonid Fedun, with a net worth of $6.0 billion; Terry Gou with a net
worth of $6.0 billion; Richard LeFrak with a net worth of$6.0 billion; Miuccia
Prada Bianchi with a net worth of $6.0 billion; Ivan Glasenberg with a net
worth of $6.0 billion; Silvio Berlusconi with a net worth of $6.0 billion;
Jeffery Hildebrand with a net worth of $6.0 billion; Shiv Nadar with a net
worth of $5.9 billion; Steve Schwarzman with a net worth of $5.8 billion and
John Sall with a net worth of $5.8 billion.
Alhaji Dangote, MFR, GCON, born 10th April 1957 in Kano,
Nigeria, is a self-made business magnate of the Dangote Group, with an
estimated net worth of $13.5 billion.
Born
into a wealthy Hausa-Muslim family, his mother Mariya Sanusi Dantata was the
granddaughter of legendary Hausa businessman Alhassan Dantata, and his father
Mohammed Dangote was Dantata’s business associate
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