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1) Aliko Dangote.

Estimated net worth of US $8.3 billion Alhaji Aliko Dangote GCON (Age 63) is a Nigerian businessman, philanthropist and founder chairman of Dangote Group, an industrial conglomerate in Africa. He is the 162nd wealthiest person in the world and the richest person in Africa.

Source: https://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/12-black-billionaires-in-the-world-as-of-2020-105228439/

2) M[b]ike Adenuga[/b]

Estimated net worth: US $7.7 billion as of February 2020 | Chief Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr, GCON (age 67) is a Nigerian billionaire businessman. His company Globacom is Nigeria's second-largest telecom operator, which has a presence in Ghana and Benin. He owns stakes in the Equatorial Trust Bank and the oil exploration firm Conoil (formerly Consolidated Oil Company).

3) . Robert Smith

Estimate net worth US $5 billion as of September 2019 I Robert Frederick Smith (Age 57) is an American billionaire businessman, philanthropist, chemical engineer, and investment banker. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. In 2018, Smith was ranked by Forbes as the 163rd richest person in America.

4) David Steward

Estimated net worth: US $3.9 billion | David L Steward (Age 68) is an American businessman, chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, one of the largest African-American-owned businesses in America. Steward is one of 5 black billionaires in America, being 745th in the Forbes Billionaires 2019 list. He was rated 239th on the Forbes 400 list of American billionaires in 2019.

5)Abdul Samad Rabiu

Estimated net worth: US $2.6 billion I Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu CON (Age 59) is a Nigerian businessman. His late 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 concentrating on manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture and producing a revenue in excess of $2.5 billion. He is also the chairman of the Nigerian Bank of Industry (BOI). In 2013, Forbes estimated Abdul Samad's wealth at $1.2 billion, putting him in the global billionaire's club.

6) Oprah Winfrey

Estimated net worth: US $2.7 billion Oprah Gail Winfrey (Age 66 years) is an American talk show host, actress, television producer, media executive, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the 'Queen of All Media', she was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire, and she has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history. By 2007, she was sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world.

7) Strive Masiyiwa


Estimated net worth: US $1.3 billion | Strive Masiyiwa (Age 59 years) is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of the telecommunications, technology and renewable energy company Econet Global. He has won numerous accolades and gained international recognition for his business expertise and philanthropy, and is considered one of Africa's most generous humanitarians.

Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe


Estimated net worth: US $2billion | Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe (Age 58) is a South African mining billionaire businessman of Tswana descent. He is the founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, which has interests in gold, ferrous metals, base metals, and platinum. He sits on several company boards, including being the non-executive chairman of Harmony Gold, the world's 12th largest gold mining company, and the deputy chairman of Sanlam. In 2012, Motsepe was named South Africa's richest man, topping the Sunday Times' annual Rich List with an estimated fortune of R20.07 billion .

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None of them are employees...

9) Michael Jordan


Estimated net worth: US $2.1 billion | Michael Jeffrey Jordan (Age 56), also known by his initials MJ, is an American former professional basketball player and the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls. His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." He was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

10. Kanye West

Estimated net worth: US $1.3 billion | Kanye Omari West (42) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, entrepreneur and fashion designer. Spanning an eclectic range of influences, including hip hop, soul, baroque pop, electro, indie rock, synth-pop, industrial and gospel, West is one of the most acclaimed musicians of his generation. Outside of his music career, West's also had success in the fashion industry.

11) Folorunsho Alakija

Estimated net worth: US $1.1 billion | Folorunso Alakija (Age 68) is a Nigerian billionaire businesswoman. She has interests in the fashion, oil, real estate 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, Digital Reality Prints Limited and the executive vice-chairman of Famfa Oil Limited.She also has a majority stake in DaySpring Property Development company. Alakija is ranked by Forbes as the richest woman in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $1 billion. As of 2015, she is listed as the second most powerful woman in Africa after Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the 87th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.

12) Jay Z

Estimated net worth: US $1 billion | Shawn Corey Carter (Age 50), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, songwriter, record executive, entrepreneur, businessman, and record producer.Born and raised in New York City, Jay-Z first began his musical career after founding the record label Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995, and subsequently released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in 1996. Outside of his musical career, Jay-Z has also attained significant success and media attention for his career as a businessman. In 1999, he founded the clothing retailer Rocawear, and in 2003, he founded the luxury sports bar chain 40/40 Club. Both businesses have grown to become multi-million dollar corporations, and allowed Jay-Z to fund the start-up for the entertainment company Roc Nation, which was founded in 2008. In 2015, he acquired the tech company Aspiro and took charge of their media streaming service Tidal.

thesicilian:
None of them are employees...

Not exactly, Michael Jordan made his wealth by being an employee of the Chicago Bulls and Jay Z and Kanye were also employees of their recording labels. Messi and co are employees. Lots of people are employees and earn millions of dollars a month, which they then wisely invest in stocks, real estate etc.
You can be an employee and be rich-as long as you are wise, work hard AND SMART and understand the principle of time and place

V7place:
Not exactly, Michael Jordan made his wealth by being an employee of the Chicago Bulls and Jay Z and Kanye were also employees of their recording labels. Messi and co are employees. Lots of people are employees and earn millions of dollars a month, which they then wisely invest in stocks, real estate etc.
You can be an employee and be rich-as long as you are wise, work hard AND SMART and understand the principle of time and place

Yeah, I guess I understand what you mean. What I meant to say was they didn't become billionaires by depending solely on their salaries and wages. Without strategic investments, it's almost impossible to attain a billionaire status.
By the way, being an employee of your own record label doesn't count

Still looking for just one igbo name on that list, just one...





Only empty barrel makes the loudest noise.

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thesicilian:
Yeah, I guess I understand what you mean. What I meant to say was they didn't become billionaires by depending solely on their salaries and wages. Without strategic investments, it's almost impossible to attain a billionaire status.
By the way, being an employee of your own record label doesn't count

That is very true.

my own time will come as I dey huzzle 24/7

Only empty barrel makes the loudest noise.[/quote]jay z is an Igbo man, his father is from Nnewi in anambra state, from ojuwku kindred

ethicallyright:
None of them invested in MBA forex...

They created value and sold that value for money

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ethicallyright:
None of them invested in MBA forex...

They created value and sold that value for money

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thesicilian:
None of them are employees...

We can't all be CEOs, can we? And some employees earn way more than some CEOs and a lot of entrepreneurs.

V7place:
3) . Robert Smith

Estimate net worth US $5 billion as of September 2019 I Robert Frederick Smith (Age 57) is an American billionaire businessman, philanthropist, chemical engineer, and investment banker. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. In 2018, Smith was ranked by Forbes as the 163rd richest person in America.

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