Aliko Dangote

Bio: Alhaji Aliko Dangote, MFR, GCON is a Nigerian business magnate with an estimated net worth of $20.8 billion USD as of November 2013. Based in Nigeria, he is the owner of the Dangote Group, which has interests in commodities with operations in his homeland and several other countries in Africa, including Benin, Cameroon, Togo, Ghana, South Africa and Zambia.

Born: April 10, 1957 in Kano, Nigeria