African billionaire business magnate, Aliko Dangote, has leaped to 72nd position on the world’s richest men list.
The development was revealed in the latest data on Bloomberg’s billionaires’ index, Naija News reports.
The Nigerian man who owns and chairs the Dangote Group has now an estimated net worth of $20.4 billion.
Africa’s richest man had ranked 97th richest person in the world in January 2022 with a net worth of $19.2 billion.
The businessman had in February moved up the ranking to become the 83rd richest person in the world, beating down the Russian owner of English Premiership League (EPL) side, Chelsea FC, Roman Abramovich, who is currently ranked 132nd on the list of the world’s 500 richest people.
Dangote is the only African billionaire on the list of 100 richest people on the planet.
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