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  Aliko Dangote

                                                   MFR, GCON

         

Dangote at the World Economic Forum in 2011
Born	Aliko Dangote 10 April 1957 (age 59) Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Citizenship	Nigerian (1957–present)
Education	Business Studies
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University, Cairo
Occupation	Chairman & CEO of Dangote Group
Years active	1977—present
Net worth	US$12.5 billion (February 2017)[1]
Parent(s)	Hajia. Mariya Sanusi Dantata (mother) Mohammed Dangote (father)

Aliko Dangote GCON (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian billionaire,^[2] who owns theDangote Group, which has interests in commodities. The company operates inNigeria and other African countries, including Benin, Ethiopia, Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa, Togo, Tanzania, and Zambia.^[3] As of February 2017, he had an estimated net worth of US$12.5 billion.^[2]

Dangote is ranked by Forbes magazine as the 67th richest person in the world and the richest in Africa;^[4] he peaked on the list as the 23rd richest person in the world in 2014.^[5] He surpassed Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi in 2013 by over $2.6 billion to become the world's richest person of African descent.^[6]