The 2014 Black Billionaires List features 9 black people -- 6 men and 3 women. Last year, there were only 7 black people. The people appearing in this list derived their wealth from investments in different fields such as industrial, technological, and commercial business ventures throughout the world.
Nigerian cement tycoon Aliko Dangote once again holds the top spot as the richest black person. He has a huge lead over 2nd placed Mohammed Al-Amjoudi. In 2013, there were only two women in the list namely Oprah Winfrey and Isabel dos Sanrtos. This year, Nigerian oil magnate Folorunsho Alakija brought the number of black women billionaire in the list to 3.
The people in this list are a living testimony that color or race is not a hindrance in becoming famous or successful. Here now are the Top 9 richest black people in the world according to Forbes Magazine.
9. Mohammed Ibrahim - $1.1 billion
Sudanese-British businessman Mo Ibrahim is the founder of mobile company Celtel. In 2005, he sold his company shares for $3.4 billion and is now involved in helping his fellow Africans through his businesses and by being a philantrophist. In 2007, he founded the Mo Ibrahim Foundation which is geared towards promoting good governance and grants $5 million to worthy African heads of state.
8. Abdulsamad Rabiu - $1.2 billion
Saudi Arabian-Ethiopian businessman Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi is regarded as Ethiopia’s richest man and the second richest in Saudi Arabia. His construction firm the Mohammed International Development Research and Organization Companies (MIDROC) is the company behind Saudi Arabia’s nationwide underground storage complex worth $30 billion. He also owns oil refineries in Sweden and Ethiopia and hotels in Addis Ababa.
1. Alhaji Aliko Dangote - $25 billion
For the third year in a row, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is the richest black person in the world. He owns the Dangote Group, with commodities in Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Zambia, and South Africa. His company ranks as the largest industrial conglomerate in the Western African region and he is considered as the top employer in Nigeria.
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