Alhaji Aliko Dangote, MFR,
GCON (born 10 April 1957, Kano, Nigeria) is a Nigerian "self-made business" magnate, with an estimated
net worth of $11.2
billion USD as of March 2012. Based in Nigeria, he is the owner of the Dangote Group, which has interests
in commodities
with operations in
his homeland and
several other
countries in Africa , including Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa and Zambia. Dangote is ranked
by Forbes Magazine as the 76th richest person
in the world and
the richest man in Africa.Early life Aliko Dangote was
born in the
northern Nigerian
state of Kano on
April 10, 1957 into
a wealthy Muslim family. His mother
Mariya Sanusi
Dantata was the
granddaughter of
legendary Hausa
businessman Alhassan Dantata , and his father
Mohammed
Dangote was
Dantata's business
associate. Dangote had an
early interest in
business: "I can
remember when I
was in primary
school, I would go and buy cartons of
sweets [sugar
boxes] and I
would start selling
them just to make
money. I was so interested in
business, even at
that time." he said
during an
interview. He
attended the Al Azhar University
in Cairo, Egypt
where he studied
business,and later
returned back to
Nigeria to work with his uncle
Sanusi Abdulkadir
Dantata who
eventually gave
him a business loan
of =N=500,000 (Naira)when he
was just 21 years
old.(after he was given 500,000 as
business loan,dangote went to
las vegas,and used the money
to gamble(Casino) where he
lost everything..he was later
given another loan which he used for his business,(though
he stil went ahead to
gamble,and dis time he won).
with the political influence of
his family,though he was also
hard working,he became succesful.dangote has a Casino
club in LAS VEGAS.no
billionaire just emerged a
success in a day.stop the
nigerian lazy attitude of
praying for success and start using your brain.laborare est
orare which means to work is
to Pray...

Aliko Dangote is my guy. My aboki inside you dnt wana mess wit me cos i gat aboki inside,dat spends alot of cASh oOoO

hmmm... Interesting but criously life gotta move on! Prayer is d key...

He's not even the richest man in Nigeria talkless of Africa. Obj, Babangida, Peter Odili, the Ibrus, Orji Uzo Kalu, Atiku Abubakar, Abdulsalami Abubakar are far richer than him. In Africa you'll find the likes of Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea. These fellows are richer than their countries. Dangote should go and sit down abeg, it's just that these men made their money in largely dubious ways.