Aliko Dangote Now Ranks 37th In The World

Less than 24 hours after Nigerian billionaire business mogul, Aliko Dangote, rose to the 23rd position on Forbes Magazine’s ranking of World Richest Person, the President of Dangote Group has dropped 14 places to become the 37th in the world.

Dangote was said to be worth $25 billion on Thursday, 6 November, 2014, but in the latest ranking published on Friday, 7 November, 2014, the first black person to be so ranked has seen his wealth dropped to about $21 billion.

According to the ranking, Bill Gates still remains the richest person in the world with a net worth of $82 billion. He is closely followed by Carlos Slim Helu & family with a net worth of $82 billion.Still in third position is Warren Buffet with a net worth of $70 billion, while Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is ranked 14th with a net worth of $33 billion.

You can see the full list of 50 richest people in the world on Forbes.

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