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BLACK BILLIONAIRES IN 2025

1 🇳🇬Aliko Dangote — $23.9 billion
2 🇺🇸David Steward — $11.4 billion
3 🇺🇸Robert F. Smith — $10.8 billion
4 🇺🇸Alexander Karp — $8.4 billion
5 🇳🇬Mike Adenuga — $6.8 billion
6 🇳🇬Abdulsamad Rabiu — $5.1 billion
7 🇺🇸Michael Jordan — $3.5 billion
8 🇿🇦Patrice Motsepe — $3.0 billion
8 🇺🇸Oprah Winfrey — $3.0 billion
10 🇺🇸Jay-Z — $2.5 billion
11 🇳🇬 Adebayo Ogunlesi — $2.2 billion
12 🇺🇸Magic Johnson — $1.5 billion
12 🇳🇬Femi Otedola — $1.5 billion
14 🇳🇬 Tope Awotona — $1.4 billion
14 🇺🇸Tyler Perry — $1.4 billion
14 🇺🇸Tiger Woods — $1.4 billion
14 🇧🇧Rihanna — $1.4 billion
18 🇬🇧Mohammed Ibrahim — $1.3 billion
18 🇺🇸LeBron James — $1.3 billion
20 🇿🇼Strive Masiyiwa — $1.2 billion
21 🇨🇦Michael Lee-Chin — $1.1 billion
21 🇺🇸Herriot Tabuteau — $1.1 billion
23 🇺🇸Sheila Johnson — $1.0 billion

Where our Igbo billionaires na? I no gree, list no complete!
And where is Madam Alakija?! No IBB to give her more oil wells?😆
Dangote has really scaled. He was neck-and-neck with Adenuga at one point.
Good to see Otedola back with 1.5B, for a while there he wasn't making the list.

Funny guy, this Dangote. See below😅

Dangote's wealth will double within the next 3 years.

famouscargo4u:
Dangote's wealth will double within the next 3 years.

Based on what?



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so all black brothers should have be a meeting and produce many more black billionaires.

All of them should meet and a a talk. Collaborate and get even bigger and produce more billionaire

optionalY09:
so all black brothers should have be a meeting and produce many more black billionaires.

All of them should meet and a a talk. Collaborate and get even bigger and produce more billionaire

Why only black? Are you a racist?

This list is fake without minimum of 10 business men from the south east Nigeria

yarimo:
This list is fake without minimum of 10 business men from the south east Nigeria

Those one who parade themselves as billionaires when they open spare part shop. Thier richest man is busy building hotel in Enugu airport when his mate are industrializing Nigeria. Awon Lagos developers.

No developer in the list? Where are those that developed India, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Canada and all of Europe?

DoctorStanley:
Why only black? Are you a racist?

I am

No developer?

Please don't make racist and tribalistic comments on this section

Hahaha, the list is incomplete. Where are the concentrated billionaires in some area in Nigeria..

Coughs!!

kedeojo:
Those one who parade themselves as billionaires when they open spare part shop. Thier richest man is busy building hotel in Enugu airport when his mate are industrializing Nigeria. Awon Lagos developers.

Comrade

WorldRichest:
I am

That's sad. You let them corner you into being just a color!

The real billionaires are in Onitsha you know you know you

Hahahaha, Forbes and their usual funny rich list in Africa

No Allen Onyema? (Airpeace owner)

No Arthur Eze? (Oranto Petroleum)

No Obi Jackson? (Nest Oil, etc)

No Vincent Obianodo? (Young Shall Grow Motors)

No Cosmos Maduka? (Coscharis)

No Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma? (Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co.)


No A.B.C Orjiakor? (Seplat Oil)

No Tony Ezenna? (Orange Drugs)

No Bola Tinubu? (Lagos state owner, etc)



I don't know what they base their judgment on nowadays, maybe based on what they can quantity anyway.


For those in doubt, go and count how many Boeing triple sevens Allen Onyema's Airpeace has which are outright purchase not on wet lease or bank financed and then Google the price of one Boeing triple seven and come back here


Forbes maybe correct with their rich list in the western and developed countries where there is accurate data and official records, but for Naija own, na lie my brother. I know what I am talking about

franchasng:
Hahahaha, Forbes and their usual funny rich list

No Allen Onye ma?

No Arthur Eze?

No Obi Jackson?

No Vincent Obianodo

Billionaire is from 1 billion dollars upwards, not NAIRA.

The area where the Yoruba billionaires come from.

Na Yourba talk am..

jmoore:
Billionaire is from 1 billion dollars upwards, not NAIRA.

Google the names I listed and the reputable companies they solely own and check the net worth of those firms.


Forbes maybe correct with their rich list in the western and developed countries but for Naija own, na lie my brother. I know what I am talking about

franchasng:
Google the names I listed and the reputable companies they solely own and check the net worth of those firms.


Forbes maybe correct with their rich list in the western and developed countries but for Naija own, na lie my brother. I know what I am talking about

They’re correcting you but your lackadaisical attitude won’t let you calm down to learn..

Since you’ve been to google to know those about you listed, kindly show us what google stated about them, so we can all know Forbes is wrong... Mouth talk without proof is just a mouth talk..

CC : Lexy2014 .... I say make I throw ham the question like your style..

franchasng:
Hahahaha, Forbes and their usual funny rich list in Africa

No Allen Onyema?

No Arthur Eze?

No Obi Jackson?

No Vincent Obianodo?

No Cosmos Maduka?

No Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma?


No A.B.C Orjiakor?

No Tony Ezenna?

No Bola Tinubu?



I don't know what they base their judgment on nowadays, maybe based on what they can quantity anyway.


For those in doubt, go and count how many Boeing triple sevens Allen Onyema's Airpeace has which are outright purchase not on wet lease or bank financed and then Google the price of one Boeing triple seven and come back here


Forbes maybe correct with their rich list in the western and developed countries where there is accurate data and official records, but for Naija own, na lie my brother. I know what I am talking about

Forbes is anti Ibo nah

6 Nigerians,4 Yorubas out of it.

franchasng:
Hahahaha, Forbes and their usual funny rich list in Africa

No Allen Onyema?

No Arthur Eze?

No Obi Jackson?

No Vincent Obianodo?

No Cosmos Maduka?

No Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma?


No A.B.C Orjiakor?

No Tony Ezenna?

No Bola Tinubu?



I don't know what they base their judgment on nowadays, maybe based on what they can quantity anyway.


For those in doubt, go and count how many Boeing triple sevens Allen Onyema's Airpeace has which are outright purchase not on wet lease or bank financed and then Google the price of one Boeing triple seven and come back here


Forbes maybe correct with their rich list in the western and developed countries where there is accurate data and official records, but for Naija own, na lie my brother. I know what I am talking about

so you expect then to count a depreciating asset as wealth??

Given Glo's near death, I am surprised Mr Adenuga's net worth is still so high.

It must be his Europe to Lagos undersea cable that is propping up his wealth.

Yes he has real estate, but that can't explain his near $7 billion.

DoctorStanley:
Based on what?



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He just invested cement in Ivory Coast. Signed an oil deal with another African country. He will be selling shares of Dangote refinery within 1 year.

bazoodo:
so you expect then to count a depreciating asset as wealth??

I think Forbes base their rating on shares and public listing, that's what I think

Abasi mi! Like who de teach una talk ?? 😆 😆 😂 🤣

kedeojo:
Those one who parade themselves as billionaires when they open spare part shop. Thier richest man is busy building hotel in Enugu airport when his mate are industrializing Nigeria. Awon Lagos developers.

famouscargo4u:
He just invested cement in Ivory Coast. Signed an oil deal with another African country. He will be selling shares of Dangote refinery within 1 year.

And he also just retired and put his daughters in charge. Nlfpmod

CannibalEast:
6 Nigerians,4 Yorubas out of it.

And the one Hausa man is worth 3 times all the Yorubas combined!😆

All yoruba billionaire home and abroad $10b. Only Dangote $23b.

Dangote is almost 3 times richer than all yorubas .
Does it mean Awotons is richer than Elumelu or Ovia . Please can some tell Mr this is not a joke

franchasng:
Hahahaha, Forbes and their usual funny rich list in Africa

No Allen Onyema?

No Arthur Eze?

No Obi Jackson?

No Vincent Obianodo?

No Cosmos Maduka?

No Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma?


No A.B.C Orjiakor?

No Tony Ezenna?

No Bola Tinubu?



I don't know what they base their judgment on nowadays, maybe based on what they can quantity anyway.


For those in doubt, go and count how many Boeing triple sevens Allen Onyema's Airpeace has which are outright purchase not on wet lease or bank financed and then Google the price of one Boeing triple seven and come back here


Forbes maybe correct with their rich list in the western and developed countries where there is accurate data and official records, but for Naija own, na lie my brother. I know what I am talking about

Bro I hope you Don’t eventually let some secrets out of the bag. I have strongly suspected some igbos don't reveal their true wealth for this kind of assessment. Seplat oil alone is enough to make it's ownership into Forbes.