So its 2017 and we all know a lot has happened top our economy within the last 12 months. T.I.N Magazine have taken our time to compile and rank the richest people in Nigeria like we did last year. In case you don't know recent report has it Dangote and Adenuga have lost about 7.4billion this past months .
This ranking was set based on the Real-time Forbes estimates of the richest personalities in Nigeria and other credible net worth raters. some people's ranking might have been judged based on 2015's most recent ranking by Forbes due to the fact they have not declared their assets and they haven't been looked into since then.

TOP 10 RICHEST PERSONALITIES IN NIGERIA 2017



10. MOHAMMED INDIMI

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AGE: 68

OCCUPATION: Oil Business
CURRENT NET WORTH: $500 Million (2017)
NET WORTH 2016: $500 Million

Mohammed Indimi is the founder and chairman of Oriental Energy Resources, Limited. This
company has interest in the oil sector, especially in the Nigerian Upstream Oil and Gas sector. Mohammed Indimi founded his company in 1990 and has expanded the company’s portfolio that it now has assets in Offshore Nigeria. These assets include the Ebok Field (OML 67), Okwok Field (OML 67, and OML 115).
In the year 2014, Forbes listed Mohammed Indimi as the Africa's number 37th richest man.


9. Tunde Folawiyo



5 Richest Lawyers in Nigeria
AGE: 56

OCCUPATION: Diversified

CURRENT NET WORTH: $600 Million (2017)

NET WORTH IN 2016: $650 Million

Tunde Folawiyo has been featured on Forbes Magazine Mr Tijani Babatunde Folawiyo popularly known as Tunde Folawiyo is a lawyer and a businessman. He is the managing director of Yinka Folawiyo Group and director of MTN Nigeria. According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of $650 million.
Tunde was previously a Non-executive Director of Access Bank Plc (formerly Access Bank Nigeria) from 11 October 2005 – January 29, 2014. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1985, where he started his law practice in Nigeria with the firm Ogunsanya, but resigned from law in 1989. Since 1996, Tunde has also served as the Vice President of Nigeria Association of Indigenous Petroleum Explorers & Productions (NAIPEC).

8. JIM OVIA



AGE: 63

OCCUPATION: Banking

CURRENT NET WORTH: $600 Million (2017)

NET WORTH IN 2016: $550 Million (2016)

Jim Ovia is the founder of Zenith Bank Group, a bank he is the largest individual shareholder with about 9.3% stake. He is also an investor in real estate across Nigeria. His other assets include Visafone, a mobile telecommunication outfit.
In August 2014, Jim Ovia commenced the construction of $1.5 billion petrochemical complex in Akwa-Ibom State Nigeria.Forbes listed Jim Ovia as the 30th richest man in Africa in the year 2014.


7. TONY .O ELUMELU




AGE: 53

OCCUPATION: Bussines tycoon: Investments

CURRENT NET WORTH: $750 Million (2017)

NET WORTH 2016: $700 Million

The popular businessman dropped in worth this year due to the economic situation.
Tony O. Elumelu is an economist by training, a visionary entrepreneur and a philanthropist. Tony is the Chairman of Heirs Holdings, the
United Bank for Africa, Transcorp and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation. Elumelu holds the Nigerian national honours, the Commander of the Order of Nigeria (CON) andMember of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR). In 2011


6. THEOPHILUS DANJUMA

AGE: 78

OCCUPATION: Bussiness tycoon: oil

CURRENT NET WORTH: $900 Million (March 2017)

NET WORTH MARCH 2016: $750 Million

The General dropped a lot in worth within the last 12 months from 1.8bilion to 750million
Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma GCON FSS psc is a Nigerian Jukun soldier, politician andmulti-millionaire businessman and philanthropist. He was Nigerian Army Chief of Army Staff from July 1975 to October 1979. He was also Minister of Defence under Olusegun Obasanjo. Danjuma is chairman of South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO).


5. ABDULSAMAD RABIU



AGE: 56

OCCUPATION: Business tycoon: cement, sugar, flour

CURRENT NET WORTH: $1 Billion(March 2017)

NET WORTH MARCH 2016: $1.1 Billion

He was ranked the 1577 richest person in the world with a net worth of $1.1billion.
AbdulSamad Isyaku Rabiu CON is a Nigerian businessman. His father, Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu was one of Nigeria's foremost industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s. Abdul Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate with interests in manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture with a revenue in excess of $2.5 billion. He is also the chairman of Nigerian Bank of Industry.
In 2013, Forbes estimated Abdul Samad's wealth at $1.2 billion, bringing him to the global billionaire's club.

4. FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJA




AGE: 66

OCCUPATION: Business tycoon: oil and printing industries

CURRENT NET WORTH: $1.65 billion(March 2017)

NET WORTH MARCH 2016: $1.75 billion

She was ranked 1121 on the list of the richest in the world with a net worth of $1.75billion.
Folorunsho Alakija is a Nigerian businesswoman who has replaced Isabel dos Santos as the richest African woman, and also is the richest woman of African descent in the world. She is a business tycoon involved in the fashion, oil and printing industries. She is the group managing director of The Rose of Sharon Group which consists of The Rose of Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited and Digital Reality Prints Limited and the executive vice-chairman of Famfa Oil Limited. Alakija is ranked by Forbes as the richest woman in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $2.6 billion As of 2015.

3. FEMI OTEDOLA



AGE: 53

OCCUPATION: Chairman of Forte Oil Plc

CURRENT NET WORTH: $1.7 Billion (March 2017)

NET WORTH MARCH 2016: $1.8 Billion

He was 1011 on the list of the richest in the world with a net worth of $1.8billion.
Femi Otedola is a Nigerian businessman. He is Chairman of Forte Oil Plc, and appeared as one of only two Nigerians (alongside Aliko Dangote) to appear on the 2009 Forbes list of 793 dollar-denominated billionaires in the world, with an estimated net worth of over US$1.2 billion. Femi Otedola is the Nigerian President and Chief Executive Officer of Zenon Petroleum and Gas limited.


2. MIKE ADENUGA




AGE: 63

OCCUPATION: Founder of Globacom, Chairman of Conoil

CURRENT NET WORTH: $6.2 billion (March 2017)

NET WORTH MARCH 2016: $7.4 billion

He was ranked 103 on the list of the richest in the world with a net worth of $10billion as at January 2016 but dropped to 7billion as at June.
Mike is a Nigerian business tycoon, and one of the richest black people in the world. His company Globacom controls Nigeria's second-largest telecom operator, he also owns stakes in theEquitorial Trust Bank and oil exploration firm Conoil (formerly Consolidated Oil Company). Forbes has estimated his net worth at $4.6 billion as of March 2013 which makes him second wealthiest Nigerian behind Aliko Dangote.

1. ALIKO DANGOTE


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AGE: 59

OCCUPATION: Chairman & CEO of Dangote Group

CURRENT NET WORTH: $12.2 billion (March 2016)

NET WORTH MARCH 2016: $14.5 billion

He retained his number one position as the richest man in Africa. He was ranked 51 in the world with a net worth of $14.5 billion.
Dangote is a Nigerian billionaire businessman, who owns the Dangote Group, which has interests in commodities. The company operates in Nigeria and other African countries, including Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa, Togo and Zambia. As of June 2015, he had an estimated net worth of 17 billion dollars.


NOTE: THIS RANKING IS NOT BASED ON ANYONE'S OPINION, IT IS A COMPILED RANKING BY T.I.N MAGAZINE FROM CREDIBLE ASSETS RANKERS LIKE "FORBES", AND OTHERS.
AND THIS LIST IS STRICTLY FOR YEAR 2017.
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My name is before that of otedola but most people cant see it ..

We will make it whether the Devil likes it or not.

Something seriously is missing?

My Name! eldersteve Empire

all the commenters above me needs serious deliverance

Notice that all yorubaa on the list made their money from Niger Delta oil. I have been saying this, separate Nigeria, Yorubaas will suffer!

Foxyn:
all the commenters above me needs serious deliverance

The ones below you will surprise you the more

Rubbish

Occupation: stolen funda and under payment of taxes.
If you know the kind of corrupt practices that brought these people there you will marvel.
For eg Dangote et al buys dollars at CBN rate in the guise of importation of raw materials. They won't use all. They sell them at black market price. Sanusi once lamented about that.

I no gree this list is fake my papa name no dey there

If we have all these billions and over 70% nigerian still go to bed hungry then their billions have no value.

Most are oil thieves abeg

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Imagine that a man from BORNO is making billions from the resouces found in my backyard, yet when l take a spoonful of the same resources just to ensure my family goes to bed with food in their stomach, am label a criminal. Nigerians think

That is the problem we have in this country we have been programmed to always celebrate criminals

Richest Man in Africa = Nigerian
Richest Woman in Africa = Nigerian.
Yet some people would say Nigeria is not a fertile land.
Stop complaining, stop seeking for asylum. Prosperity doesn't come from abroad.

Partnerbiz:
Rubbish

Occupation: stolen funda and under payment of taxes.
If you know the kind of corrupt practices that brought these people there you will marvel.
For eg Dangote et al buys dollars at CBN rate in the guise of importation of raw materials. They won't use all. They sell them at black market price. Sanusi once lamented about that.

Exactly; No Start Up, No Uber, No Facebook, No Dropbox, No Instagram, No YouTube, No google


All the People on that list all made money from Government Patronage......Nigeria is a failed state...The Government has failed us

... In the long run,

CAPITALISM mean NO GOOD to MANKIND.

Pls I did not see not one name Davido's father. dat name must be there.

The Tribalist, nobody will suffer sir. Wealth creation is based on principles that transcend borders and it is an art ,not known by all.If most nigerians are given #1billion today, in five years time, they won't worth #5million again because they aren't grounded in the art of wealth creation.

Your assertion is very wrong. When you get to know successful business men is not actually when they started business.

Although, these people may be corrupt but corruption alone can't sustain your business.... Many Nigerians may be more corrupt than these yet they can't manage a Billion naira worth of investment.

drake2000x:
Notice that all yorubaa on the list made their money from Niger Delta oil. I have been saying this, separate Nigeria, Yorubaas will suffer!

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