Billionaire business mogul, Aliko Dangote, slid down 14 places to 37th position in the World Richest Persons list within 24 hours.
Dangote, the President, Dangote Group, who remains Africa’s richest person, was ranked 23rd on Thursday by Forbes.
A check on Forbes website on Friday, however, revealed that the business mogul, who is said to be worth about $21bn, is now ranked 37th richest person.
Before Thursday’s ranking as the world’s 23rd richest person, Dangote, the first black person to be so ranked, occupied the 43rd position in the world.
The owner of indigenous telecoms company, Globacom, Chief Mike Adenuga, was the next Nigerian on the list, with a wealth of $4.6bn, maintaining the 325th position in the world, while Folorunsho Alakija, with $2.5bn, was 687th in the world, and Abdulsamad Rabiu in the 1,372th position in the world, with $1.2bn.
American billionaire, Bill Gates, reclaimed the title of world’s richest person from telecoms mogul, Carlos Slim Helu, of Mexico after four years.
Gates, according to Forbes, raked in extra $9bnin the last one year and has been at the top of the list for 15 of the past 20 years.
Spanish clothing retailer, Amancio Ortega (best known for the Zara fashion chain) retains the number three spot for the second year in a row, extending his lead over Warren Buffett, who is again number four.
Dangote has also been named the world’s 68th most powerful person.
You can check the list of 50 richest persons in the world below.
| Rank | Name | Worth | Country of Citizenship |
| 1 | Bill Gates | $82.1 bn | US |
| 2 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | $80.2 bn | Mexico |
| 3 | Warren Buffett | $70.2 bn | US |
| 4 | Amancio Ortega | $58.1 bn | Spain |
| 5 | Larry Ellison | $50.2 bn | US |
| 6 | Charles Koch | $42.6 bn | US |
| 6 | David Koch | $42.6 bn | US |
| 8 | Christy Walton & family | $38.5 bn | US |
| 9 | Jim Walton | $37.2 bn | US |
| 10 | Michael Bloomberg | $35.8 bn | US |
| 11 | Alice Walton | $35.7 bn | US |
| 12 | Robson Walton | $35.7 bn | US |
| 13 | Liliane Bettencourt & family | $35.4 bn | France |
| 14 | Mark Zuckerberg | $33.2 bn | US |
| 15 | Bernard Arnault & family | $31.2 bn | France |
| 16 | Stefan Persson | $31 bn | Sweden |
| 17 | Li Ka-shing | $30.9 bn | Hong Kong |
| 18 | Sheldon Adelson | $30.3 bn | US |
| 19 | Larry Page | $30.1 bn | US |
| 20 | Sergey Brin | $29.6 bn | US |
| 21 | Jeff Bezos | $27.7 bn | US |
| 22 | Carl Icahn | $25.7 bn | US |
| 23 | Michele Ferrero & family | $24.9 bn | Italy |
| 24 | David Thomson & family | $24.2 bn | Canada |
| 25 | George Soros | $24 bn | US |
| 26 | Forrest Mars Jr | $23.8 bn | US |
| 26 | Jacqueline Mars | $23.8 bn | US |
| 26 | John Mars | $23.8 bn | US |
| 29 | Jack Ma | $23.5 bn | China |
| 30 | Steve Ballmer | $23.1 bn | US |
| 31 | Mukesh Ambani | $22.6 bn | India |
| 32 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | $22.2 bn | Brazil |
| 33 | Lee Shau Kee | $22.1 bn | Hong Kong |
| 34 | Phil Knight | $22 bn | US |
| 35 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | $21.5 bn | Saudi Arabi |
| 36 | Michael Dell | $21.4 bn | US |
| 37 | Aliko Dangote | $21.3 bn | Nigeria |
| 38 | Dilip Shanghvi | $19.6 bn | India |
| 39 | Len Blavatnik | $19.2 bn | US |
| 40 | Tadashi Yanai & family | $18.4 bn | Japan |
| 41 | Leonardo Del Vecchio | $18.1 bn | Italy |
| 42 | Alisher Usmanov | $17.8 bn | Russia |
| 43 | Laurene Powell Jobs & family | $17.2 bn | US |
| 44 | Robin Li | $17.1 bn | China |
| 45 | Paul Allen | $17.1 bn | US |
| 46 | Theo Albrecht Jr & family | $16.9 bn | Germany |
| 47 | Michael Otto & family | $16.6 bn | Germany |
| 48 | Charles Ergen | $16.6 bn | US |
| 49 | Masayoshi Son | $16.5 bn | Japan |
| 50 | Anne Cox Chambers | $16.1 bn | US |
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
It takes God. I will be in this list in Jesus name Amen.
ReplyDeleteMumu dreamer
DeleteHe will soon be the poorest man in the world
DeleteMumu dreamer,
ReplyDelete@ anonymous 6:46 am why did u talking like a fool
ReplyDeleteDreams are good if only they are followed up with action...dream on brother
ReplyDelete