1. Aliko Dangote
Net Worth: $21.6 billion (Forbes), $25.7 (Ventures Africa)
Industry: Cement/Sugar/Flour
Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of Nigeria’s Dangote Group speaks during the final session of the World Economic Forum on Africa meeting in Cape Town June 6, 2008. (Photo Credit: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings)
He is the richest man in Africa and the 67th richest man in the world according to Forbes. He is the chairman and CEO of the Dangote Group of Companies. The Company has interest in petroleum, steel, mining and cement. Its operations are spread out in countries such as Cameroon, Zambia, Togo, Ghana, South Africa and Benin.
2. Mike Adenuga
Net Worth: $4.7 billion (Forbes) $8 billion (Ventures Africa)Industry: Oil and Gas/Telecoms
He is the second richest man in Nigeria and the 5th richest man in Africa. He amassed his wealth from both the telecom and oil and gas industries. He is the owner of Nigeria’s second largest mobile network company with over 24 million subscribers and also operates in Benin Republic.
3. Prince Arthur Eze
Net Worth: $5.7 billion (Ventures Africa)Industry: Oil and Gas
Arthur Eze is the founder and currently serving chairman of Atlas Petroleum International Limited. The company is a West Africa based oil exploration company. Its the largest holder of oil exploration blocs with at least 38 oil acreage. Atlas Oranto Petroleum also owns interests in several acreages across the Gulf of Guinea in countries which includes Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Republic of Benin, Gambia and Equatorial Guinea.
4. Cletus M. Ibeto
Net Worth: $3.7 billion (Ventures Africa)Industry: DiversifiedHe is an Nnewi born businessman. He is the head of Ibeto Group, the largest conglomerate from the entrepreneurial city of Nnewi. His interests range from automobile parts, cement production, energy, petrochemical, real estate amongst others. He owns several hotels across Nigeria under the Ibeto Hospitality brand.
5. Theophilus Danjuma
Net Worth: $1.1 billion (Forbes), $1.8 billion (Ventures Africa)Industry: Oil and Gas
He started off as a soldier with Nigerian Army later venturing into politics serving as the Minister of Defense under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. He is the chairman of SAPETRO (South Atlantic Petroleum), a Nigerian upstream oil and gas exploration and production company.
6. Tony Olumelu
Net Worth: $1 billion (Forbes), $1.6 (Ventures Africa)Industry: Investments
As one of the most outstanding entrepreneurs in Africa and as such he sits on many boards. He is the Chief Executive and also the group managing director of the United Bank of Africa (UBA), a director at Standard Global Services Limited and ADIC. He is also the chairman of Standard Aliance Insurance, Verticom WIreless, STB capital markets as well as Flame Petroleum and Gas Limited. He has a variety of investments which include controlling interests in Transcorp, significant stake in UBA and an extensive portfolio of real estate across Nigeria.
7. Jim Ovia
Net Worth: $850 (Forbes) $2.3 Billion (Ventures Africa)Industry: Telecoms/Banking
He is the founder of Zenith Bank which is the second largest company in Nigeria. The bank is headquartered in Victoria Island Lagos State, Nigeria. The bank has branches in Ghana, Zambia, Sierra Leone, South Africa and the UK. He owns numerous properties through out Nigeria.
8. Benedict Peters
Net Worth: $2.7 BillionIndustry: Oil and Gas
He is the founder and vice chairman of Aiteo Group, He is listed as the 17th richest man in Africa. He cut his teeth in the oil and gas industry working with the younger brother of Aliko Dangote, Sanyyu Dantata and with Wale Tinubu, Mofe Boyo and Onajite Okoloko at Ocean and Oil (now Oando).
9. Orji Uzor Kalu
Net Worth: $1 Billion (Forbes)
Industry: Oil and Gas
Former Abia Governor Orji Uzor Kalu
Orji Uzor Kalu is a two time governor of Abia State, he is the chairman of SLOK Holding, Daily Sun and The Telegraph newspapers in Nigeria. SLOK has interests ranging from shipping, banking, oil manufacturing to the media. He is the chairman of First International Bank Limited. The bank operates through out the Gambia.
10. Igho Sanomi
Net Worth: $1.3 Billion (Ventures Africa)Industry: Oil and Gas
Igho Sanomi is Nigeria’s youngest billionaire and founder and CEO of Taleveras Group, a Nigerian energy, trading, power and construction conglomerate with annual returns of $3.4 billion. He was profiled by Forbes in 2007 as ‘one of the new generation of young professionals in Nigeria who are establishing themselves as young leaders in the private sector business community’.
11. Dr. ABC Orjiakor
Net Worth: $1.2 billion (Ventures Africa)Industry: Oil and Gas
He is an orthopedic and trauma surgeon turned oil and gas mogul is the chairman co founder of SEPLAT, one of Nigeria’s Largest petroleum development company. The company made history as the first indigenous Nigerian company to make the London Stock Exchange list. SEPLAT’s dual listing on both the Nigerian and London stock exchange raised the company’s worth up to $1.9 billion. The Initial Public Offer also raised the NSE market capitalisation by 2.23%. SEPLAT was named a Global Growth Company in 2014 by the World Economic Forum. Dr. Orjiakor also has interests in construction, pharmaceuticals, shipping and real estate.
Source-Trentonline.com
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