The top 10 richest African billionaires
The Forbes 2011 Billionaires List was recently released. Topping this year’s ranking of 1,210 billionaires is Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helu. The telecom mogul, who earns 62% of his fortune from America Movil, is now worth US$74 billion and way ahead of his two closest rivals. Bill Gates, No. 2, and Warren Buffett, No. 3, both added a more modest $3 billion to their piles and are now worth $56 billion and $50 billion, respectively.
Aliko Dangote is Africa's richest man according to Forbes.
A number of African business people also made this year’s list, here are the top 10.
1. Aliko Dangote
Country of citizenship: Nigeria
Net worth: $13.8 billion
Source of wealth: Sugar, flour, cement , inherited and growing
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Overall position: 51
2. Nicky Oppenheimer & family
Country of citizenship: South Africa
Net worth: $7 billion
Source of wealth: De Beers, inherited
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1
Overall position: 136
3. Nassef Sawiris
Country of citizenship: Egypt
Net worth: $5.6 billion
Source of wealth: Construction, inherited and growing
Overall position: 182
4. Johann Rupert & family
Country of citizenship: South Africa
Net worth: $4.8 billion
Source of wealth: Luxury goods, inherited and growing
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
Overall position: 219
5. Naguib Sawiris
Country of citizenship: Egypt
Net worth: $3.5 billion
Source of wealth: Telecom, inherited and growing
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4
Overall position: 310
6. Patrice Motsepe
Country of citizenship: South Africa
Net worth: $3.3 billion
Source of wealth: Mining, self-made
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
Overall position: 336
7. Onsi Sawiris
Country of citizenship: Egypt
Net worth: $2.9 billion
Source of wealth: Construction, self-made
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Overall position: 393
8. Mohamed Mansour
Country of citizenship: Egypt
Net worth: $2 billion
Source of wealth: Cotton trading, inherited and growing
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Overall position: 595
9. Mike Adenuga
Country of citizenship: Nigeria
Net worth: $2 billion
Source of wealth: Banking, self-made
Marital Status: Married
Overall position: 595
10.Yasseen Mansour
Country of citizenship: Egypt
Net worth: $1.8 billion
Source of wealth: Diversified, inherited and growing
Marital status: Married
Children: 4
Overall position: 692
Related articles:
Tweet This
Share on Facebook
Digg This
Save to delicious
Stumble it
RSS Feed
God bless my contry
GOD BLESS Africa. Who wants 2 serve each oda if we ar all billonaires?. ALL FINGERS ar nt equal .take note cut ur material accordin 2 ur sactisfaction .tank u .08092101405
I Blive Dat One Day I Wil Be Well No Just Lyk Aliko Dangote Nd Mike Adenuga. Yes I Belive
we are suffering in nigeria
i am one of those who are dream to be a young richest africa by focus and put in determination
So far what i’ve learned from these billionaires…is entrepreneurship pays and it pays alot.i’ve to kip on ..soon i will on top representing from TANZANIA.
I wish this African billionaires could empowere other affricans so that at least in a yaer we have five millionaires and millionaires produce just rich people, i also say poverty would be a thing of the past. I also wish myself the best, if god can borrow me some days to live for show one day i will be there…………
I have spotted a place somewhere in free state,hod do I go about to get myself a franchise of old fashioned mr fish and chips and start myu own business?
africans we are doing great. just wait for the 1st richest man in the world as an african umar kendals of uganda
AFRICA HAS A DREAM IN PUBLIC FINANCE AS THE KING OF FINANCE IS ALREADY BORN IN KIGAMBONI NEW CITY TANZANIA EAST AFRICA RAISE BY THE AFRICAN HAWKERS NAMED AS “MACHINGA FINANCE” INCHARGE OF MICROFINANCE RAISING 100 BILLION DOLLAR FOR PROVIDING “STARTING CAPITAL” FOR ITS PEOPLE.
Self made billionairs r the real billionairs
If you give man fish,you will only feed him for a day but if you teach man how to fish then you have feed him for his entire lifetime.
For all who need mentoring and inspiration to be successful (billionaires or not) I have one very important tip to share with you:
It’s far easier to be wealthy in Africa than in Europe or the U.S.A. Reason? there are problems everywhere. Identify a problem and provide a solution to it. You’d be rendering a service and earning (and employing) while at it.
http://www.thickntech.com
there are so many billionaires in africa. dont you know that
politicians in africa are the richest on the continent. some are more richer that billionaires in the united states of america.
It amazing and inspirinng to see Africans make it right here in Africa. Maybe the lesson to us the younger one could that we should learn to focus on opportunties prevailing right here in Africa and not keep seeing problems and complaining about problems. Money lies within the problems when we find solutions to them! Let’s see solutions
bigup 2 south african richest guys .as they do cum2communities n give help
Remember this name and save. In the next years ya gona see dat place of Aliko Dangote. But now Iam pmpc (poor man 4rm poor country) Tanzania. Born 2 fight.
For those rich,billionaires,it would be much appreciated if they can at least try to spend an hour or so in a year to speak to youth and other prospective entrepreneurs and business people about the secrets of success so as to inspire them.
It all comes from hard work i know we all have greatness in us but it depends on how you implement it.. I know i will make it cos its nothing but hard work determine who stays on this list.
All what I could derived from all these great icon is that they all do bussines nt a salary eaner. . .
You are spot on Kunle…..Salary earning will never make yu a billionaire…leave alone a millionaire….yu make the one who pays yu rich…ha…learn to invest and let money work for yu…start with a little and let it grow…dont be impatient…it was works….the problem with us Africans we want things overnight thus the stealing and corruption.
the man call alinko dangote is worth to be THE RICHEST MAN IN THE AFRICA BUT IN THE NEXT 10 YEAR INSHALLAH I WILL BE THE NEXT PERSON
Only does dat ve come along always realized there is still alomg way too goo. Congrats my invisible mentol Aliko Dangote.vice-vergerance of God in industrialisation.
Do we know what their philanthropic foot print looks like?
-Melissa
http://sugarcanaemag.com
UM!!!! This is a sham list
I can name at least 20 – 30 sitting and former African heads of state that have waaaaaaaay more money than this. Unless this list has other ctriteria of being created
- Mubarak and family reportedly had 72 Billion US dollars
- Gadaffi of Libya had some $40 Billion at the time he was ousted and murdered
- As far back as 1998, Sunny Abacha amased $16 Billion
and these names come to mind without really thinking about it. Imagine their henchmen and predecessors and successors and other sitting presidents whom you know very well that have way more money than this.
I’m just saying….Africa must be Free
Egede my cyp! This list is made up of genuine billionaires who made their money through clean business dealings and investments and not individuals who either stole or amassed wealth by means of dictatorship.
i can c dat Dangote is stil d richest in Africa…i mst work hard n b like him..i wan 2b a billionaire n c hw it feels..
yes we can yes we can for we a rich in africa
i am glad to see mr motsepe doing well in africa and he is number 336 in the world wow!i’ll follow his footsteps and i believe i’ll reach no.5 at the age of 50…
why do always people be against rich men? even tax where made to bring down the riches and it was invented by the government and the middles class poeple as well as the poor instant of tax bringing down the rich it bring down them and now they are the ones who blame government for everything shelters,water supply..etc.. you cant let the rich man down nometter how much you can tax him he still going to win i have a rich mind and a rich mind concker
no guyz you all find it wrong education will not make us rich but education for knwoledge will make us rich if we study to open our own coperations then apply our knowledge from our educated mind then we will be rich but if we work for someone else applying our educated minds then we wont be rich yes we can afford a car a house but that is not being rich many people dont understand being rich
if you can know how to invest you will play the rich game in the richest dinner table and the rich man invent money as money works for them
i’m inspired by african billioners but more wealth inspired by carlos slim helu worthing 74$billion and his a owner of telecom in mexico but not forgeting about practice motsepe the richest young hansom black african man who made it as he worth R3.3billion and owner of minds anyway being rich its a talent not a academical educational proffesion its a game of how to play around with investments and remember the rich man invent money,the rich dont work for money and money works for them,i’m a young interpreniure who one day will be known
may is madey malagow am student from somalia if i talk may idea this intire world is absidetdown that is why african contenent is the reachest erea in this world and then we are the needest pple in the world may slogen is if we acheaf them we must educated thank you so much
As an entrepreneur i believe in Africa,all i need is mentoring,thank u,MH Nkosi, +27767532992
The world will be a better place when this African billonaires will make at least 5 people millonaires every month.poverty will be a thing of the past. Congratulations to the likes of Dangote,Adenuga,Okorocha Rochas and the rest of African billonaires.
Did anybody make them billionaires? Stop daydreaming think the way they think and work the way they work and you shall be like them but not in a month.
i’m congradulating, Mr Master Patrice Motsepe, Mr Master mike Adenuga, Mr Master Onsi Sawaris, for being living examples that,even if you were born with nothing at hand you can make it to the top, only if you keep hardwork. I will also be so glad to have this guys as my personal advisors, as a’m climbing up the larder.
19 yrs old
am dreaming of being a millioneer, as for now av got nothing…