Aliko Dangote

CEO, Dangote Group
$23.87B
as of 02/18/25

About Aliko Dangote

Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest person, founded and chairs Dangote Cement, the continent's largest cement producer.

He owns 85% of publicly-traded Dangote Cement through a holding company.

Dangote Cement has the capacity to produce 48.6 million metric tons annually and has operations in 10 countries across Africa.

After many years in development, Dangote's fertilizer plant in Nigeria began operations in March 2022.

Dangote Refinery, which began construction in 2016, began its refining operations in early 2024.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Nigeria

Source of wealth

Cement, sugar

Residence

Lagos, Nigeria

Marital status

Divorced

Birth date

04/10/57 (age 67)

Number of children

3

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Al-Azhar University

Self-made

self-made

Aliko Dangote’s fortune is worth

398K

troy ounces of gold

367K

median U.S. household

239K

median U.S. income

0.477%

U.S. credit card volume

0.095%

GDP of the United States

0.07%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Dangote told Forbes that when he was young, he bought sweets, gave them to others to sell, and he kept the profits.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

NIGERIA | DANGCEM-NG

Dangote Cement

NIGERIA | DANGSUGAR-NG

Dangote Sugar Refinery PLC

NIGERIA | NASCON-NG

National Salt Company of Nigeria

NIGERIA | UBA-NG

United Bank for Africa

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