Dangote Moves From the 76th To The 43rd Richest Man In The world

Nigerian businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is now the 43rd richest man in the world, according to the Richest People in the World list Forbes released yesterday.

Dangote moved from 76th with a net worth of $11.2billion in 2012 to 43rd with a net worth of $16.1bn as of March 2013. So he made about $5billion in one year! Choi!

Dangote is still the richest man in Africa. The other Nigerian billionaire on the Forbes Billionaires list is single Paddy Adenuga’s dad, Global chairman Mike Adenuga, who ranked 269 with a net worth of $4.7bn.

Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim is the world’s richest man with a net worth of $73bn, while Bill Gates is the second with a net worth of the $67bn. 3rd is Armancio Ortega of Spain ($57bn), 4th is Warren Buffet ($53.5bn), and 5th is Larry Ellison with $43bn net worth.

Posted by Admin on March 5, 2013. Filed under AFRICA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

12 Responses to Dangote Moves From the 76th To The 43rd Richest Man In The world

mwamba mutale Reply

March 5, 2013 at 9:58 pm

Ebalinga ukutombela abana babo abanakashi wabikamo na ba mpundu
- Thief Justice Lom-bay Chibe-sir-koon-duhh Reply
  
  March 6, 2013 at 4:21 pm
  
  waligomauka iweh!! hehehe
  - The Lead Reply
    
    March 6, 2013 at 4:27 pm
    
    well thought-out name!! LOL!
jobee Reply

March 5, 2013 at 10:19 pm

Nga ba HH niba number bwanji pa Africa?. Definatly he is number one in southern province
zimandola Reply

March 5, 2013 at 10:46 pm

HH richest in Shangombo. lol
lamfras Reply

March 6, 2013 at 6:43 am

he can even make it on our country shortlist. thats blood money but those mentioned are those who earned their money through hard work in real business not swindlers
Tribalist Reply

March 6, 2013 at 8:47 am

kawalala number kawalala is ichilema,the list above is not for the thieves no, they are counting those that can explain were they got the money from.
in caracas (venezuela) Reply

March 6, 2013 at 9:27 am

expect him to make more when his CEMENT PLANT is fully operational in zambia( & other investments around africa).
zambian Reply

March 6, 2013 at 12:14 pm

How does Hakainde Hichilema come in this story and why only him out of all Zambian? When comenting less follow the Story as it comes, and the use of valger language should not be a fashion. God bless you all.
bupe Reply

March 6, 2013 at 1:40 pm

am the next richest lady on the line
Alhaji Aliko Dangote Reply

March 6, 2013 at 2:57 pm

I would like to thank you ba Tunfweko for publishing this article.
UNLOVELYMETAL Reply

March 6, 2013 at 8:33 pm

It’s funny how some idiots are busy laughing at HH. How much are you worth?