Top 10 Black Billionaires in the World
- Jan 22, 2016
- 3 min read
10. Dr Mohamed "Mo" Ibrahim (Arabic: محمد إبراهيم; born 1946) is a Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire. He worked for several other telecommunications companies before founding Celtel, which when sold had over 24 million mobile phone subscribers in 14 African countries. After selling Celtel in 2005 for $3.4 billion, he set up the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to encourage better governance in Africa, as well as creating the Mo Ibrahim Index, to evaluate nations' performance. He is also a member of the Africa Regional Advisory Board of London Business School.
9. AbdulSamad Isyaku Rabiu CON (born 4 August 1960, Kano Nigeria) is a Nigerian businessman. His father, Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu was one of Nigeria's foremost industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s. Abdul Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate with interests in manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture with a revenue in excess of $2.5 billion. He is also the chairman of Nigerian Bank of Industry.
8. Byaruhanga Kimberly Junior (born 20 may 1982 in Nsambay Uganda) is a South African mining magnate. He is the founder and executive chairman of JK Diamond Impex Plc(www.jkdiamondimpex.com) , which has interests in gold, ferrous metals, base metals, and platinum. He also seats on several company boards including being the executive chairman of JK Mines Africa, the 20th largest gold mining company in the world, and is the deputy chairman of AfriOIL.
7. Folorunsho Alakija is a businesswoman from Nigeria. She was born in 1951 to the family of Chief L. A. Ogbara in Ikorodu, Lagos State. She is a business tycoon involved in the fashion, oil and printing industries. She is the group managing director of The Rose of Sharon Group
6. Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe is a South African mining magnate. He is the founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, which has interests in gold, ferrous metals, base metals, and platinum. He also sits on several company boards including being the non-executive chairman of Harmony Gold, the 12th largest gold mining compan
5. Oprah Gail Winfrey, born January 29, 1954, is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media"
4. Isabel dos Santos is an Angolan investor considered by Forbes to be the richest woman not only in Angola, but the whole of Africa. In 2013, according to research by Forbes, her net worth had reached more than three billion US Dollars, making her Africa’s first billionaire woman. She is the daughter of Angola's President José Eduardo dos Santos.
3. Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr is a Nigerian business tycoon, and the second richest person in Nigeria. His company Globacom is Nigeria's second-largest telecom operator, and also has a presence in Ghana and Benin. He also owns stakes in the Equitorial Trust Bank and the oil exploration firm Conoil.
2. Son of a Saudi father and Ethiopian mother, Mohammed Al Amoudi has accumulated a portfolio of construction, agricultural, and energy companies across Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia since the 1970s. He made his initial fortune in construction in Saudi Arabia, and continues to build complexes from hospital centers to university buildings. In Ethiopia he has invested in sectors including agriculture, cement production and gold mining.
1. Aliko Dangote GCON is a Nigerian billionaire, who owns the Dangote Group, which has interests in commodities. The company operates in Nigeria and other African countries, including Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa, Togo, Tanzania, and Zambia.
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