The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji
Aliko Dangote has retained his position as Africa’s richest man with a
$12.4billion net worth.
This was contained in a new report
by Forbes on Monday.
Also, listed by Forbes, is the
Chairman of Conoil and Globacom, Chief Mike Adenuga, whose net worth is
$4.4billion.
The report showed that despite
losing $1.7billion in few months, Dangote has remained a strong brand,
retaining his position as Africa’s wealthiest man.
Adenuga was also said to have lost
$1.1billion within the period.
Globally, Jeff Bezos, the founder
of Amazon.com Inc, is the richest man in modern history.
Bezos’s fortunes jumped from
$112billion in March this year to $151.4billion as at yesterday. That’s
about $55 billion more than Microsoft Corp. co-founder, Bill Gates, the world’s
second-richest person.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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