Aliko Dangote
10 April 1957 – present
Aliko Dangote is a Nigerian businessman and the founder of the Dangote Group, a conglomerate with interests in cement, sugar, salt, flour and petroleum refining. Beginning as a commodities trader in Kano in the late 1970s, he shifted the business into manufacturing and built one of the largest industrial groups in Africa. He has been ranked by Forbes as the wealthiest person on the African continent for many consecutive years.
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Life events
Born into a prominent Hausa Muslim trading family in Kano, northern Nigeria.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCompleted a degree in business studies and administration in Egypt after secondary schooling in Kano.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgStarted trading in cement and commodities in Lagos with capital borrowed from his uncle.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShifted the business towards domestic production of cement, sugar, flour and salt rather than importing them.
Commissioned one of the largest cement plants in sub-Saharan Africa.
The listing made Dangote Cement the largest company by market capitalisation on the exchange.
First appeared at the top of Forbes's ranking of African wealth and remained there in subsequent years.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSet up a philanthropic foundation focused on nutrition, health and education in Nigeria.
The refinery near Lagos, built over several years, started processing crude oil.
Source: en.wikipedia.org