Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is the only African billionaire to feature among the top 100 based on Bloomberg Billionaire Index.
The Kano born businessman is now $20.2bn rich and he is 63rd in the world, according to the rating on July 13, 2022.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people.
The Mogul built his empire around consumer and industrial goods under a conglomerate- Dangote Group. His cement company, Dangote Cement has a market capitalization of N4.68tn or $11.26bn.
The billionaire is building a 650,000 barrel per day refinery in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital with a $20bn budget.
He is the only African to appear among the top 100 in the list.
The next African to be on the list is Nicky Oppenheimer with $8.28B. He is a South African business man and he is ranked 238th in the world.
According to the ranking, Elon Musk retains the ranking as the richest man with $214bn. Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault are worth $133bn and $128bn respectively.
Bill Gates is the fourth richest with $114bn, while Gautam Adani, an Indian, is the fifth richest with $110bn.
Full List
1 Elon Musk $214B -$789M -$56.1B United States Technology
2 Jeff Bezos $133B -$2.58B -$59.7B United States Technology
3 Bernard Arnault $128B +$1.72B -$49.6B France Consumer
4 Bill Gates $114B -$1.76B -$24.4B United States Technology
5 Gautam Adani $110B +$2.09B +$34.0B India Industrial
6 Larry Page $103B -$1.30B -$24.9B United States Technology
7 Sergey Brin $99.2B -$1.21B -$24.3B United States Technology
8 Warren Buffett $96.5B -$297M -$12.4B United States Diversified
9 Steve Ballmer $90.0B -$3.47B -$15.7B United States Technology
10 Larry Ellison $87.1B -$1.08B -$20.1B United States Technology
11 Mukesh Ambani $86.1B -$206M -$3.85B India Energy
12 Carlos Slim $73.7B +$256M -$72.1M Mexico Diversified
13 Zhong Shanshan $70.4B -$922M -$9.39B China Diversified
14 Charles Koch $68.2B +$21.2M +$6.96B United States Industrial