Aliko Dangote

 

 

 

Africa's Rich: Aliko Dangote

 

NET WORTH: 21,6 BILLION

HOW HE GOT IT: FLOUR,CEMENT AND SUGAR

COUNTRY: NIGERIA

 

 

 

 

EARLY LIFE

 

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is a northerner from Kano stat Nigeria, was born on 10 April 1957 into a wealthy Muslim family. From the time he was young Dangote had an eye on business. He said, "I can remember when I was in primary school, I would go and buy cartons of sweets [sugar boxes] and I would start selling them just to make money. I was so interested in business, even at that time."^[6] He studied business at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt and thereafter returned to Nigeria to borrow from his uncle Sanusi Abdulkadir Dantata, who provided him a loan of ₦500,000 (Naira, NGN) when Aliko was 21 years old, in order to start a business.

BUSINESS CAREER
Dangote is the CEO of Dangote Holdings, today Dangote group dominates the sugar market and refinery process and is the main supplier to Nigeria's industry. It is the largest refinery in Africa and the third largest in the world

Dangote is a also known as philanthropist in Nigeria with several humanitarian works. in 2009 he was honored as the leading provider of employment in Nigeria's construction industry. He said, "Let me tell you this and I want to really emphasize it...nothing is going to help Nigeria like Nigerians bringing back their money. If you give me $5 billion today, I will invest everything here in Nigeria. Let us put our heads together and work

References

1. Jump up ^ "The World's Billionaires No. 43 Aliko Dangote". Forbes.com. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013. 
2. ^ Jump up to: ^{a b} Net worth as of March 2012 per Forbes
3. Jump up ^ Dangote Group's Cement Operations Spans Six African Countries
4. Jump up ^ "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 
5. Jump up ^ "The Black Billionaires 2013". Forbes. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

     6. www.wikipidia.com Aliko Dangote