Despite how the incidences of falling stock wounded some unicorns while rising interest rates translated into a down year for many of the world’s richest people, three Nigerians out of 2460 individuals have appeared in Forbes World’s billionaires’ list for 2023.
According to Forbes records through the list released on Tuesday, the 25 richest people in the world are worth a collective $2.1 trillion, down by a combined $200 billion from $2.3 trillion in 2022.
One of the 2023 billionaires is the emergence of BUA Group Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, who moved from $7.6billion a few months ago to becoming the 249th richest person in the world and closing in on overtaking the third richest man in Africa, Nicky Oppenheimer who stands at $8.4billion.
Rabiu’s latest worth is put at $ 8.2 billion. From $ 1.6 billion in 2019, Forbes recorded that by 2022 his net worth was at $ 6.9 billion dollars and from there has jumped to $ 8.2 billion in April 2023.
The sixty two –year old man is essentially into cement and sugar as well as real estate and is building sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest refinery and petrochemicals plant in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria.
Aliko Dangote also has retained his position as the wealthiest person of African descent. After climbing to $ 14 billion in 2022, his wealth is estimated to be around $ 14.2 billion according to the latest.
He is presently the 125th richest man in the world and is easily the largest cement producer in Africa. He also has his hands in other businesses including pastries, sugar, agriculture auto assembly, and other areas of manufacturing.
The third Nigerian on the list, Mike Adenuga’s business has not been cozy. He dropped from $ 7.3 billion in 2022 to $ 6.1 billion this year. The last couple of years has seen him move up and down the wealthiest’ scale which makes him the 418th richest in the world at 58.
However, Bernard Arnault‘s net worth surged by $53 billion to $211billion since last year which is a bigger gain than anyone on the planet, to climb to the number one spot for the first time ever on the rise of share in his company, LVMH.
Meanwhile, the former world’s richest man, Elon Musk, slipped to second position after his worth was reduced by $ 39 billion due to his purchase of the social messaging app, Twitter.
Despite how the incidences of falling stock wounded some unicorns while rising interest rates translated into a down year for many of the world’s richest people, three Nigerians out of 2460 individuals have appeared in Forbes World’s billionaires’ list for 2023.
According to Forbes records through the list released on Tuesday, the 25 richest people in the world are worth a collective $2.1 trillion, down by a combined $200 billion from $2.3 trillion in 2022.
One of the 2023 billionaires is the emergence of BUA Group Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, who moved from $7.6billion a few months ago to becoming the 249th richest person in the world and closing in on overtaking the third richest man in Africa, Nicky Oppenheimer who stands at $8.4billion.
Rabiu’s latest worth is put at $ 8.2 billion. From $ 1.6 billion in 2019, Forbes recorded that by 2022 his net worth was at $ 6.9 billion dollars and from there has jumped to $ 8.2 billion in April 2023.
The sixty two –year old man is essentially into cement and sugar as well as real estate and is building sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest refinery and petrochemicals plant in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria.
Aliko Dangote also has retained his position as the wealthiest person of African descent. After climbing to $ 14 billion in 2022, his wealth is estimated to be around $ 14.2 billion according to the latest.
He is presently the 125th richest man in the world and is easily the largest cement producer in Africa. He also has his hands in other businesses including pastries, sugar, agriculture auto assembly, and other areas of manufacturing.
The third Nigerian on the list, Mike Adenuga’s business has not been cozy. He dropped from $ 7.3 billion in 2022 to $ 6.1 billion this year. The last couple of years has seen him move up and down the wealthiest’ scale which makes him the 418th richest in the world at 58.
However, Bernard Arnault‘s net worth surged by $53 billion to $211billion since last year which is a bigger gain than anyone on the planet, to climb to the number one spot for the first time ever on the rise of share in his company, LVMH.
Meanwhile, the former world’s richest man, Elon Musk, slipped to second position after his worth was reduced by $ 39 billion due to his purchase of the social messaging app, Twitter.