Alhaji Aliko Dangote finally makes an appearance on
the prestigious rich list by Forbes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7281637.stm

Love him or hate him, this man surely is a great Nigerian
worth looking up to.

He is reportedly worth $3.3 billion dollars and ranked
as the 334th richest man in the world well above Oprah
as well as the Glazer family.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_The-Worlds-Billionaires_Rank_14.html

He has done good appearing in Forbes officially, that means his wealth now has some legitimacy to it.

However, let's not forget the illegitimately wealth Nigerians-IBB, OBJ, Danjuma, etc who don't qualify to be list on Forbes, and yet may be even richer than Aliko.

@ naijaking1,

That's the point. Sure there are some African leaders
who are richer than Dangote but are not recognized.

That is why this is "news".

At lat a confirmed Nigeria Billionaire($) , its good that a Nigerian has made that list, So Mr Dangote was right when he said he is richer than Oprah, And to all those who said Mr Dangote is just a glorified retailer , now you know

idupaul:

So Mr Dangote was right when he said he is richer than Oprah

Absolutely.

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