Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote has become the 63rd richest billionaire
in the world, according to the latest ranking by Bloomberg.
In the ranking released yesterday, the chief executive officer of
Tesla, Elon Musk, is listed as the richest billionaire.
Dangote, who moved up 37 places on the recent Bloomberg
billionaire list, is worth $20.2 billion as of Monday, July 13,
2022.
He sat as the 65th richest man in the world as of Friday, July 8,
2022.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the
world’s richest people.
“Details about the calculations are provided in the net worth
analysis on each billionaire’s profile page.
The figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York,” Bloomberg said.
Dangote, Africa’s richest person controls Dangote Industries, a
closely held conglomerate.
He owns 85 per cent of publicly-traded Dangote Cement through a holding company.
Among the top ten richest billionaires on the list are Elon Musk,
Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, Bill Gates, Gautam Adani, Larry
Page, Sergey Brin, Warren Buffett, Steve Ballmer, and Larry
Ellison.
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