renowned for ranking of richest people in the world, has released the list of
richest people in Nigeria for 2017.
In the latest release, 9 Nigerians
made the billionaires club cut with some, just few million dollars away from
reaching the benchmark.
Below are top 10 richest men in Nigeria for
2017:
1. Aliko Dangote: Aliko Dangote is the
richest man in Nigeria, Africa and of course the richest black man in the world.
In 2014, he ranked as the 24th richest man in the world but has since then
fallen to positions below 100 due to Nigeria’s poor Naira.
Net Worth:
$12.5 billion.
2. Mike Adenuga: Mike Adenuga is the second
richest man in Nigeria with interest in Oil and Gas and telecoms. He is the
owner of Globacom, Nigeria’s second biggest telecom operators and the chairman
of Conoil.
Net Worth: $10.5 billion.
3. Femi
Otedola: He is the CEO of Zenon Oil and Gas and Forte Oil Plc. He has
interest in real estates amongst other sectors.
Net Worth: $2.3
billion.
4. Folorunsho Alakija: Folorunsho is a business
tycoon who has interest in fashion,oil and printing industries. She is the
richest Woman in Nigeria and the richest woman of the African descent in the
world.
Net Worth: $2.1 billion.
5. Theophilus
Danjuma: Former Nigerian Chief of Army staff between 1975 to 1979. He is the
current chairman of Athlantic Petroleum.
Net Worth: $1.7
billion.
6. Abdusalam Rabiu: Abdusalam is the founder of the
famous BUA Group. A conglomerate active in sugar refining, cement production,
real estate and port operations. In September 2015, his Group signed a $600
million deal with a chinease cement equipment service provider Sinoma
Internation Engineering to construct a second production line located in Edo
State Niger Delta, Nigeria.
Net Worth: $1.5 billion.
7.
Tony Elumelu: A philanthropist and founder of the Transcorp and Heirs
Holdings. He was the chairman of United Bank for Africa.
Net Worth:
$1.4 billion.
8. Orji Uzor Kalu: The former governor of
Abia State. He is the founder and chairman of Slok Holding. A conglomerate with
interest in shipping, banking, oil, trading, manufacturing and the media. He
became a real business man at the age of 19 after being expelled from a Nigerian
University for allegedly spearheading a series of student riots.
Net
Worth: $1.1 billion.
9. Jim Oviah: Jim Oviah is the founder
of Zenith Bank. He is the chairman and the largest shareholder with a stake of
almost 10%. He also manages a mobile telecom Visafone which has over 3 million
subscribers.
Net Worth: $1 billion.
10. Oba Otudeke:
Oba Otudeke is the Chairman and founder of the honey well group. He is also the
chairman of FBN Holdings Plc. His operations spread across oil and gas, flour
minning, real estate, and marine transportation.
Net Worth: $650
million.
