According Forbes list of 2014, it has been confirmed that the following persons made the list of the Black Billionaires 2014 with the names and photos placed in hierarchical order as follows;
The first person comes Aliko Dangote, A Nigerian-born Cement and commodities tycoon is the world’s richest black man with net worth of $25 billion,
The second person comes Mohammed Al-Amoud, Mohammed Al-Amoudi, the son of a Saudi father and Ethiopian mother, made his initial fortune in large-ticket construction projects in Saudi Arabia with net worth of $15.3 billion.
The third person comes Mike Adenuga, A Nigerian-born oil and mobile telecoms Mogul. His Conoil Producing Company was one of the first indigenous Nigerian companies to be granted an oil exploration license in the early 90s, with net worth of $4.6 billion.
The fourth person comes Isabel Dos Santos, an Angolan. She is the oldest daughter of Angola’s president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos is Africa’s richest woman. Her holdings include a 25% stake in Angolan mobile phone company Unitel and a 25% stake in Angolan bank Banco BIC SA, and many more. She has a net worth of $3.7 billion.
The fifth person comes Patrice Motsepe,a South-African. He's South Africa’s first and only black billionaire is the founder of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), a Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed mining company that has in platinum, nickel, chrome, iron, manganese, coal, copper and gold, with net worth of $2.9 billion.
The sixth person comes Oprah Winfrey, Oprah is still the richest African-American person in the world thanks largely to the 25 years of her profitable daytime TV show and earnings from her Harpo production company, with a net worth of $2.9 billion.
The seventh person comes Folorunsho Alakija, a Nigerian-born Oil magnate. Nigeria’s first female billionaire is the founder of Famfa Oil, a Nigerian company that owns a substantial participating interest in OML 127, a lucrative oil block on the Agbami deep water oilfield in Nigeria, with a net worth of $2.5 billion.
The Eight person comes Abdulsamad Rabiu, a Nigerian-born Mogul. He's Nigeria’s newest billionaire is 54 year-old Abdulsamad Rabiu, the founder of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate with interests in sugar refining, cement production, real estate, steel, port concessions, manufacturing, oil gas and shipping, with net worth of $1.2 billion.
The ninth person comes Mohammed Ibrahim, a Sudanese-born Business mogul.Sudanese-born Mo Ibrahim made his pile when he sold off Celtel, an African mobile phone company he founded, to MTC of Kuwait for $3.4 billion in 2005, with net worth of $1.1 billion.
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