President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has emerged as the 72nd richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $20.4 billion, according to the latest data on Bloomberg’s billionaires’ index.
Dangote, remains the only African billionaire in the top 100 list. The Nigerian billionaire was ranked the 97th richest person in the world back in January. The majority of Dangote’s fortune is derived from his 86% stake in publicly traded Dangote Cement.
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Over the years he is one billionaire who has shown that he is here to stay on the billionaire list and keeps on climbing higher. Richer than International stars like Rihanna, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Aliko Dangote is the richest black man in the world with fellow Nigerian, Mike Adenuga ranking second.
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He has his hands on so many pies that are bringing in the billions for him and one can say that he is definitely doing well.
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