Dangote moves from the 76th to the 43rd richest man in the world

Nigerian businessman and philanthropist,
Alhaji Aliko Dangote is now the 43rd richest
man in the world, according to the Richest
People in the World list Forbes released
yesterday.
Dangote moved from 76th with a net worth
of $11.2billion in 2012 to 43rd with a net
worth of $16.1bn as of March 2013. So he
made about $5billion in one year! Choi!
Dangote is still the richest man in Africa. The
other Nigerian billionaire on the Forbes
Billionaires list is single Paddy Adenuga's dad,
Global chairman Mike Adenuga, who ranked
269 with a net worth of $4.7bn.
Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim is the
world's richest man with a net worth of
$73bn, while Bill Gates is the second with a
net worth of the $67bn. 3rd is Armancio
Ortega of Spain ($57bn), 4th is Warren Buffet
($53.5bn), and 5th is Larry Ellison with
$43bn net worth.
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