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This list uses the static rating published once a year by Forbes, usually in March or April. There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 4 April 2023, up from 327 in 2022. [ 1] Since 2021, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest woman.
List of Africans by net worth. The Richest Africans is an annual ranking of the richest African people, compiled and published by the American business magazine Forbes. The list has been published since 2015. Dangote Group founder Aliko Dangote has topped the 2018 list. [ 1] In 2018, there was a record of 23 African billionaires on the list. [ 2]
Forbes has listed Alakija among the world's 100 most powerful women, [19] [20] and has been ranked as the richest woman in Africa. [citation needed]On July 17, 2021, Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, she received an honorary doctorate degree in business administration.
Name Citizenship Net worth Sources of wealth Aliko Dangote Nigeria: 15.3 Billion: Diversified, Cement Abdul Samad Rabiu Nigeria: 7.6 Billion: Diversified, Cement Mike Adenuga Nigeria: 7.3 Billion: Cement, Food Processing, Real Estate Femi Otedola Nigeria: 4.7 Billion: Telecom, Oil, Finance & Investments
Sanusi Dantata (grandfather) Aminu Dantata (grand-uncle) Sani Dangote (brother) Aliko Dangote (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman and industrialist. He is best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of the Dangote Group, the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated his net worth at ...
Mohammed "Mo" Gulamabbas Dewji (born 8 May 1975) is a Tanzanian billionaire businessman and former politician. He is the owner of MeTL Group, a Tanzanian conglomerate founded by his grandmother, developed by his father in the 1970s. Dewji served as Member of the Tanzanian Parliament for Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) from 2005 to 2015 for his home ...
South Africa / Australia / Switzerland: 8.9 billion: Glencore: 469: Patrick Soon-Shiong [b] South Africa / United States: 6.2 billion: NantWorks: 1238: Patrice Motsepe South Africa: 2.7 billion: African Rainbow Minerals: 1286: Koos Bekker South Africa: 2.6 billion: Naspers: 2410: Michiel Le Roux South Africa: 1.2 billion: Capitec Bank: 2410 ...
In 2004, he was voted 39th among the South African Broadcasting Corporation's Great South Africans. In 2008, he was reported as the 503rd-richest person in the world, according to the Forbes 2019 list of The World's Billionaires, then ranked as the 962nd-wealthiest person in the world, and the third-wealthiest South African for 2019. [25]