Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman of the Dangote Group has been named the 23rd richest man in the World by Forbes magazine. His networth was placed at $25 billion as of March 2014.
According to Bloomberg Billionaire Index, the cement, sugar and power magnate made $791 million in the last 24 hours.
Other Nigerians on the list include Mike Adenuga who came in at #325 with a networth of $4.6 billion, Folorunsho Alakija, owner of Famfa Oil who came in at #687 with a networth of $2.5 billion, and Abdulsamad Rabiu who came in at #1372 with a networth of $1.2 billion.
Dangote continues to climb the ranking, he was #43 in last year’s ranking.
Chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates is the richest man in the world with a networth of $76 billion, he made over $9 billion in 2013.