Fact About Aliko Dangote by Ukpono Etuk ~ Sportty

Aliko Dangote GCON (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian business magnate, investor, and owner of the Dangote Group, which has interests in commodities in Nigeria and other African countries. As of March 2018, he had an estimated net worth of US$14.1 billion.

Dangote is ranked by Forbes magazine as the 100th-richest person in the world and the richest in Africa, and peaked on the list as the 23rd-richest person in the world in 2014.
^He surpassed Saudi-Ethiopian billionaireMohammed Hussein Al Amoudi in 2013 by over $2.6 billion to become the world's richest person of African descent.