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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.
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.
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]
Black billionaires are individuals who are of predominantly African ancestry with a net worth of at least US$1 billion . According to the 2021 Forbes ranking of the world's billionaires, Nigerian business magnate Aliko Dangote had a net worth of $11.5 billion and was the world's richest black man. [ 1]
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
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 ...
By Angelo Young The Forbes magazine annual list of the world's billionaires has always been scant of women, but 35 more women did join this year's record-length list of 1,426 global über-rich ...
Forbes recognized Holmes as the world's youngest self-made female billionaire and ranked her #110 on the Forbes 400 in 2014. [37] Theranos was valued at $9 billion and had raised more than $400 million in venture capital. [10] [38] By the end of 2014, her name appeared on 18 U.S. patents and 66 foreign patents. [22]