Aliko Dangote

Entrepreneur, Organization founder

1957 –

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Who is Aliko Dangote?

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, MFR, GCON is a business magnate in Nigeria. who owns the Dangote Group, which has interests in commodities. The company operates in Nigeria and several other countries in Africa, including Benin, Cameroon, Togo, Ghana, South Africa and Zambia. As of March 2014, he had an estimated net worth of $25 billion USD .

Dangote is ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 23rd richest person in the world and the richest man in Africa. He surpassed Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi in 2013 by over $2.6 billion to become the world's richest black man.

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Born
Apr 10, 1957
Kano
Religion
  • Islam
Ethnicity
  • Fula people
Nationality
  • Nigeria
Profession
Education
  • Al-Azhar University
Employment
  • Dangote Group
Lived in
  • Kano

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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