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The richest black person, Aliko Dangote, at the World Economic Forum, 2011. Black billionaires are individuals who are of predominantly African ancestry with a net worth of at least US$1 billion. According to the 2024 Forbes ranking of the world's billionaires, Nigerian business magnate Aliko Dangote had a net worth of $13.9 billion and was the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Ruler of Mali from c. 1312 to c. 1337 Musa I Depiction of Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, from the 1375 Catalan Atlas. The label reads: This Black Lord is called Musse Melly and is the sovereign of the land of the black people of Gineva (Ghana). This king is the ...
This is a list of richest monarchs and family members, as estimated by forbes.com in 2015, [1] Business Insider in 2018, [2] and the CEOWORLD magazine in 2019. [3] The evaluations are based on their personal net worths , excluding properties held by the State, Government or Crown, and all of the figures are in U.S. dollars .
The majority of the billionaires on the list are self-made self-starters who built business empires in finance, sports, media, and commodities.
As of 2024, Smith was one of 15 Black billionaires in the world. [ 6 ] [ 151 ] In April 2024, Forbes reported Smith was the 266th richest person in the world, [ 152 ] and in October 2024, Forbes reported Smith's net worth to be $10.8 billion, and that he was the 88th richest person in the United States.
In 2012 The Guardian wrote that he is the richest man in Africa and the richest black man in the world." [ 16 ] According to Nigerian newspaper Vanguard , the Bloomberg Billionaires Index reports that Dangote's wealth increased by $9.2 billion in 2013.
The best athletes in the world are getting bigger paychecks. In Forbes’ list of the 50 richest athletes in the world, they collectively made nearly $3 billion.
Black individuals in upper-class status often lack the wealth and assets possessed by their non-black counterparts in similar status. Blacks were significantly underrepresented on the 2024 Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans, with only four individuals (1%) included.