http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/Rank_1.html

Curiously, no African businessman or leader made the list of the world's richest people in a survey conducted by Forbes

- Guardian Online

Mike Adenuga

Seriously, did he really make the list?  I didn't see his name there.

Read the first post again. No African businessmen or leaders made the list.

There are 2 Egyptians and some white South Africans there if they count as Africans. The Orescom telecom owners Onsi Sawiris and Naguib Sawiris and Vodacom's Johann Rupert are there.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/PPZY.html

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/4MRK.html

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/L9DS.html

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wow, some of them actually drive normal cars too, one would expect they would have customized cars.
http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/toptens/billionaire/01-billionaires.html

Did i believe that list?
No

Definitely, Nigerians must be there, i was expecting Deinde Fernadez and or "Chicago Lord"; Harry Akande to be in the list sha.

You should ask how they come up with the list. It is what they see. but what about what we dont see?. The corruption in nigeria is escalating and am sure someone in nigeria is hidding that amount somewhere.

Question guys, who exactly is Dehinde Fernandez

Deinde Fernandez is "the Nigerian businessman in Diasporawho invested $20million in tantalite solid minerals exploration" recently (Nigeria First). Is his name in the list? Can you show me which page it's on?

Men, I'll like to make that list!

Gentlemen $1 billion is not a small money. If you don't know thats how much you must worth (net) to be on the list. Thats nearly 135 billion naira folks. How many Nigerians worth (net) that?

Some Nigerians worth more than that but trust my brothers. They want to evade tax so they don't declare all.

I'm on the list. But it's my pseudonym. I intend to keep it that way for security reasons.

Idekeson:

I'm on the list. But it's my pseudonym. I intend to keep it that way for security reasons.

I said it, there r other people hidding, once they bring their leg out, economic fiancial crime with follow them lol

wow! that's some list. $50 Bil? that's just too much money for one person. I could't go though all 746 of them sha, so to anyone who did, do we have a fellow Nigerian on there?

said it, there r other people hidding, once they bring their leg out, economic fiancial crime with follow them

Thats why you can't be on the list. Your income must be from legitimate means not 419.

the south africans on the list are a family. as an individual there are not africans, except the egyptians. and yes they count as africans

obong:

the south africans on the list are a family. as an individual there are not africans, except the egyptians. and yes they count as africans

Not exactly.

Yes if money in the Bank is checked, some Nigerian Governors, ministers, director, police officers, local government chairmen, did i forget to mention senators and house of rep members will make the list.

But the list is for investors, not those who take money to oversea banks.

Well the number of billionaires is growing yearly, Am sure soon I should get my name somewhere around that list too.

Can u see my name on the 3rd page? It's just there for now.It's moving to the 1st soon.

definitely mike hes going to make the list
bill gates is still the richest with $50billion

they don't put people on the list who have attained their money through fraud hence our nigerian presidents don't make the cut. plus, for many on the list, it is based on the worth of their business, not the cash amount in their bank accounts. i don't think we have such successful businesses in africa. could be wrong though.

please i am tired of hearing mike adenuga's name like he is some genius. I have heard for years that he carried *cough cough* cocaine *cough *cough* to acquire his wealth and that's how he came to own his businesses.

Just wait for me. It's a matter of time!

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^{Rich people know themselves even when they are still young.}

Typop,
Talk true how much do you have in Naira, let me guess N 1000, convert that to dollars, you are worth

em, em less than $10,

Well it is a matter of time as you said, hope time doesn't run out on you. Try being the richest man in your family

before visiting the street, then town, the LGA, the state, the country, the continent, and finally the world.

It is a long way boy, best of lucks.

@raldsfield ,

You see, its just a matter of time. Meanwhile, do you think naira is like the pounds that you might not have more than a thousand in a lifetime? I worth more that a thousand naire (=N= 1,000). And by the way, I get em clean.

After listening to what bill gate has to say about his fortune. I honestly dont want to be on the list. let me live my simple life and die like that,

micheal jackson
geroge micheal

larger_20:

After listening to what bill gate has to say about his fortune. I honestly don't want to be on the list. let me live my simple life and die like that,

LOL.For real?What did he say

obong:

the south africans on the list are a family. as an individual there are not africans, except the egyptians. and yes they count as africans

That makes little sense

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest man, worth an estimated $67.8 billion, after overtaking Microsoft founder Bill Gates, according to a respected tracker of Mexican financial wealth on Monday.

A 27% surge in the share price of America Movil, Latin America's largest cell phone operator controlled by Slim, from March to June made him close to $8.6 billion wealthier than Gates, said Eduardo Garcia in Sentido Comun, the online financial publication he founded.

Garcia estimated that Gates was worth $59.2 billion.

Well it aint news until it makes Forbes.