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Aliko Dangote
Nigerian businessman (born 1957)
Aliko Dangote (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman and industrialist.
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He is the first man to build a private refinery in Nigeria. Forbes estimates his net worth at US$10.7 billion and Bloomberg Billionaires Index at $27.1 billion, and ranked 225th and 75th richest individual in the world respectively in 2025.
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Early life
Dangote was born on 10 April 1957 into a wealthy Hausa Muslim family in Kano, which was then part of British Nigeria.[4][5][6] His mother, Mariya Sanusi Dantata, was the daughter of businessman Sanusi Dantata.[7] His father, Mohammed Dangote, was a business associate of Dantata.[8] Through his mother, he is the great-grandson of Alhassan Dantata, the richest person in West Africa at the time of his death in 1955.[9] Dangote's brother, Sani (1959/60–2021), was also a businessman.[10][1