Arica’s richest man and President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Thursday saw his net worth increase by $162m to $16.2bn on the day Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon, briefly dethroned Microsoft’s Bill Gates to claim the title of the world’s richest person with fortune worth $90.02bn following a surge in the stock market early Thursday Morning.
Also, the net worth of two other Nigerians, the Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga, rose by $7m to $6.2bn and that of the Founder and Executive Chairman, Famfa Oil Limited, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, was unchanged at $1.6bn.
According to Forbes, Even if Bezos didn’t end the day as the richest man, he will likely take the crown from Gates more permanently in the coming days and weeks.
When he hits the mark, Bezos, who started selling books from his garage 22 years ago, becomes the first man to bump Gates from his perch in seven years and is only the sixth man to hold the “richest person” title in the past 30 years.