Again,
Nigerian business mogul, Aliko
Dangote, has topped the Forbes Africa’s 40 Richest list with a net worth
of $12 billion, indicating a significant improvement from $10.1 billion
in November 2011. Besides, the Kano-born business tycoon was rated 76th
Forbes world’s richest billionaire. According
to Forbes, greater part of his net worth is in publicly traded Dangote
Cement, which operates in 14 African countries. Nicky Oppenheimer of
South Africa is once again rated the second richest in the continent,
with a $6.4 billion fortune-down $100 million from
the previous year. However, the world billionaires list presented Carlos
Slim Helu and Family- a Mexican, with net worth of $69 billion as the
world’s richest man, while Bill Gates of United States came second with
$61 billion net worth. Others are Warren Buffet
of United States ($44 billion), Bernard Arnault of France ($41 billion)
and Amancio Ortega of Spain with $37.5 billion net worth coming third,
fourth and fifth.
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