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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 world's richest black man. [1]
The Richest Africans is an annual ranking of the richest African people, compiled and published by the American business magazine Forbes. The list has been published since 2015. Dangote Group founder Aliko Dangote has topped the 2018 list. [1] In 2018, there was a record of 23 African billionaires on the list. [2]
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. [153]
The majority of the billionaires on the list are self-made self-starters who built business empires in finance, sports, media, and commodities. Meet the world's richest black billionaires of 2018 ...
Jay-Z's business success looms large, but the small number of African American billionaires highlights the continued racial wealth gap
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David Lloyd Steward (born 1951) is an American billionaire businessman. He is chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, [3] one of the largest African-American-owned businesses in America. [4] He was ranked 344th on the Forbes list of worldwide billionaires in 2024 with an estimated net worth of US$11.4 billion. [5]
Perhaps to her chagrin, Johnson is best known as the cofounder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), the media mecca that earned her the title of the first Black woman billionaire in the U.S ...