Website renowned for ranking of
richest people in the world, has made available the list of richest people in
Nigeria in 2017.
In its recent release, 9
Nigerians made the billionaires club cut with some, just few million dollars
away from reaching the benchmark.
Below are top 10 richest men in
Nigeria according to Forbes ranking 2017, ranging from the least to the top.
10. Oba Otudeko: Oba Otudeko is
the Chairman and founder of the honey well group.
He is also the chairman of FBN
Holdings Plc. His operations spread across oil and gas, flour minning, real
estate, and marine transportation. Net Worth: $650 million.
9. Jim Oviah: Jim Oviah is the
founder of Zenith Bank. He is the chairman and the largest shareholder with a
stake of almost 10%.
He also manages a mobile
telecom Visafone which has over 3 million subscribers. Net Worth: $1 billion.
8. Orji Uzor Kalu: The former
governor of Abia State. He is the founder and chairman of Slok Holding. A conglomerate
with interest in shipping, banking, oil, trading, manufacturing and the media.
He became a real business man at the age of 19 after being expelled from a
Nigerian University for allegedly spearheading a series of student riots. Net
Worth: $1.1 billion.
7. Tony Elumelu: A
philanthropist and founder of the Transcorp and Heirs Holdings. He was the
chairman of United Bank for Africa and was estimated to worth $1.4 billion.
6. Abdusalam Rabiu: Abdusalam
is the founder of the famous BUA Group. A conglomerate active in sugar
refining, cement production, real estate and port operations. In September
2015, his Group signed a $600 million deal with a chinease cement equipment
service provider Sinoma Internation Engineering to construct a second
production line located in Edo State Niger Delta, Nigeria. Net Worth: $1.5
billion.
5. Theophilus Danjuma: Former
Nigerian Chief of Army staff between 1975 to 1979. He is the current chairman
of Athlantic Petroleum. Net Worth: $1.7 billion.
4. Folorunsho Alakija: Folorunsho
is a business tycoon who has interest in fashion,oil and printing industries.
She is the richest Woman in Nigeria and the richest woman of the African
descent in the world. Net Worth: $2.1 billion.
3. Femi Otedola: He is the CEO
of Zenon Oil and Gas and Forte Oil Plc. He has interest in real estates amongst
other sectors. Net Worth: $2.3 billion.
2. Mike Adenuga: Mike Adenuga
is the second richest man in Nigeria with interest in Oil and Gas and telecoms.
He is the owner of Globacom, Nigeria’s second biggest telecom operators and the
chairman of Conoil. Net Worth: $10.5 billion.
1. Aliko Dangote: Aliko Dangote
is the richest man in Nigeria, Africa and of course the richest black man in
the world. In 2014, he ranked as the 24th richest man in the world but has
since then fallen to positions below 100 due to Nigeria’s poor Naira. Net
Worth: $12.5 billion.
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