Africa’s richest person and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been named along other world leaders such as Russian President, Vladimir Putin; American President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump; and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, as the most powerful persons in the world.

They were ranked along with 70 others as the most powerful people by Forbes Magazine, with Dangote ranked as the second most powerful on the African continent.

The business mogul has constantly featured on the list since 2013 when he was listed as the only black African among 100 most powerful persons on the planet.

Listed as number 71 ahead of Trump, Dangote moved up the ladder of influential people as he was named as the 68th most powerful in the world for this year, coming only after the Egyptian President, Abdel el-Sisi, who was adjudged the most powerful in Africa and 44th in the world.

Forbes, in the latest edition of its 74 World Most Powerful People released at the weekend, listed the 64-year-old Putin as the most powerful in the world, ahead of Trump.

While Merkel was ranked as the third most powerful person in the world, out-going American President, Barack Obama, placed 48th on the list.

The Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, is the fifth most powerful person, while the world’s richest person, Bill Gates, comes seventh. Chinese President, Xi Jinping comes before the Pope in number four, while the Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is the number 10 most powerful person in the world.

Forbes reports that there are nearly 7.4 billion people on planet earth, but that the listed 74 men and women make the world turn.

As of 2013, Dangote was the only African listed among the most powerful people in the world before the Egyptian President recently featured on the list.

http://investorsking.com/forbes-names-dangote-putin-trump-among-worlds-powerful/

But where's my Bubu . Abi its only in naija he flexes power?

Watch Out.. My name will be added soon.. Don't say I didn't tell you.

Putin and Trump .. 5 & 6 ..

Obama can whine and wail as he like

Dangote sharp guy.

Vladimir Putin...bhad guy.

Ok

Fake list. Can't even find my name

Powerful ritualistic buisness man

Seeing Mark Zuckerberg on that list makes me smile, a young man doing incredible things like his elders.

3rdavefarms:
Powerful ritualistic buisness man

go do your own
haters on the loose

... Very nice. Zukerberg particularly, has amassed so much at a very young age. Imagine a net worth of 50.3 Billion USD, plus being recognized as the 10th most influential man in the world. Success motivates me.

i was wishing our beloved president would make the list but oooo no, he isn't. I wonder how that list was created without putting bubu'name on it.

You have started again don't quote me or else I will kill you with powerful ritualistic curse

That's a great improvement.This Is New Africa

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Our gworo chewing president cannot even go close. He's forming dictator, how doesn't know it's not by forcing people to do things, but by influencing people.

Forbes has been compromised. We will not take this.

My name is there too. My family members names too in Jesus name, amen.

Buhari is number 4 in d list

Am suspecting that Forbes list, because a president that took his country to recession supposed to be there.

i was wishing our beloved president would make the list but oooo no, he isn't. I wonder how that list was created without putting bubu'name on it.

Hmmmmm

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Buhari is not in the list?

He is the President of the most populated black nation in the world!

And it did not take him a year to effect change into the country. You think say e easy to bring recession quick quick like this?

Abeg.


On behalf of myself and my family, staff of NCAN Igbo DIVISION, management of NCAN, the members of nairaland, and the good people of Nigeria, I hereby REJECT THIS LIST!

Thanks.

Trump

We know...

My name will be on the list one day. Like if you also want your name to be on the list.

Kudos Dangote

I will start working very hard now

this goes to show how weak obama is, even as the president of the most powerful country in the world, very shameful....!