Yes Aliko Dangote is still on the forbes list!! He made it to 463 on the list.
According to Forbes:
Commodities keeping Dangote afloat despite Nigeria’s financial meltdown. Stocks of his sugar and flour companies are both up in the past year. Meanwhile, stake in Benue Cement has doubled, helped by demand from China. Dangote now expanding cement operations in Senegal and Zambia. Overcame negative reports about debts owned to banks and share price fixing allegations to become the newly installed President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange last August. Settled row with businessman Femi Otedola, who fell off the billionaires list this year. Dangote began career as trader; built his Dangote Group into conglomerate with interests in sugar, flour milling, salt processing, cement manufacturing, textiles, real estate, and oil and gas.
Net Worth: $2.1 bil Fortune: Inherited and Growing Source: sugar, flour, cement Age: 52 Country Of Citizenship: Nigeria Residence: Lagos Education: NA Marital Status: Married, 2 children
However notably dropped off the list is Femi Otedola.
from Forbes:
Heavy debts and bad oil bets crushing fortune of former Nigerian billionaire. Proposed merger of his majority stake in African Petroleum and his private firm Zenon tabled. Accused by billionaire Aliko Dangote of manipulating share prices of publicly traded African Petroleum: became public scrap; made up last summer.
Dangote has just two kids, must say that is amazing!
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