TOP 10 RICHEST PERSONALITIES IN
NIGERIA 2015
10] MOHAMMED INDIMI
AGE: 66
OCCUPATION: Oil Business
NET WORTH: $670 Million (2014)
Mohammed Indimi is the founder and
chairman of Oriental Energy Resources,
Limited. This
company has interest in the oil sector,
especially in the Nigerian Upstream Oil and
Gas sector. Mohammed Indimi founded his
company in 1990 and has expanded the
company’s portfolio that it now has assets
in Offshore Nigeria. These assets include the
Ebok Field (OML 67), Okwok Field (OML 67,
and OML 115).
In the year 2014, Forbes listed Mohammed
Indimi as the Africa's number 37th richest
man.
9] JIM OVIA
AGE: 61
OCCUPATION: Banking
NET WORTH: $850 Million (2014)
Jim Ovia is the founder of Zenith Bank
Group, a bank he is the largest individual
shareholder with about 9.3% stake. He is
also an investor in real estate across Nigeria.
His other assets include Visafone, a mobile
telecommunication outfit.
In August 2014, Jim Ovia commenced the
construction of $1.5 billion petrochemical
complex in Akwa-Ibom State Nigeria.Forbes
listed Jim Ovia as the 30th richest man in
Africa in the year 2014.
8] ORJI UZOR KALU
AGE: 55
OCCUPATION: Diversified
NET WORTH: $1 Billion (2014)
Orji Uzor Kalu is the chairman of SLOK
Holding and the Daily Sun and New
Telegraph newspapers in Nigeria, who
served as the governor of Abia State,
Nigeria from May 29, 1999, to May 29,
2007. Prior to his election, he served as the
chairman of the Borno Water Board and the
chairman of the Cooperative and
Commerce Bank Limited. Kalu was also a
member of the Progressive Peoples Alliance
(PPA) and the chairman of the PPA Board of
Trustees. He was the party's candidate for
president in the April 2007 general election.
7] TONY .O ELUMELU
AGE: 52
OCCUPATION: Bussines tycoon:
Investments
NET WORTH: $1 Billion (2014)
Tony O. Elumelu is an economist by
training, a visionary entrepreneur and a
philanthropist. Tony is the Chairman of
Heirs Holdings, the
United Bank for Africa, Transcorp and
founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation.
Elumelu holds the Nigerian national
honours, the Commander of the Order of
Nigeria (CON) andMember of the Order of
the Federal Republic (MFR). In 2011
6] ABDULSAMAD RABIU
AGE: 55
OCCUPATION: Business tycoon:
cement, sugar, flour
NET WORTH: $1 Billion(2014)
AbdulSamad Isyaku Rabiu CON is a Nigerian
businessman. His father, Khalifah Isyaku
Rabiu was one of Nigeria's foremost
industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s. Abdul
Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA
Group, a Nigerian conglomerate with
interests in manufacturing, infrastructure
and agriculture with a revenue in excess of
$2.5 billion. He is also the chairman of
Nigerian Bank of Industry.
In 2013, Forbes estimated Abdul Samad's
wealth at $1.2 billion, bringing him to the
global billionaire's club.
5] FEMI OTEDOLA
AGE: 52
OCCUPATION: Chairman of Forte Oil
Plc
NET WORTH: $1.06 Billion (June 2015)
Femi Otedola is a Nigerian businessman. He
is Chairman of Forte Oil Plc, and appeared
as one of only two Nigerians (alongside
Aliko Dangote) to appear on the 2009
Forbes list of 793 dollar-denominated
billionaires in the world, with an estimated
net worth of over US$1.2 billion. Femi
Otedola is the Nigerian President and Chief
Executive Officer of Zenon Petroleum and
Gas limited.
4] THEOPHILUS DANJUMA
AGE: 72
OCCUPATION: Bussiness tycoon: oil
NET WORTH: $1.1 Billion (June 2015)
General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma GCON
FSS psc is a Nigerian Jukun soldier, politician
andmulti-millionaire businessman and
philanthropist. He was Nigerian Army Chief
of Army Staff from July 1975 to October
1979. He was also Minister of Defence under
Olusegun Obasanjo. Danjuma is chairman
of South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO).
3] FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJA
AGE: 64
OCCUPATION: Business tycoon: oil and
printing industries
NET WORTH: $2.2 billion(June 2015)
Folorunsho Alakija is a Nigerian
businesswoman who has replaced Isabel
dos Santos as the richest African woman,
and also is the richest woman of African
descent in the world. She is a business
tycoon involved in the fashion, oil and
printing industries. She is the group
managing director of The Rose of Sharon
Group which consists of The Rose of
Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited and
Digital Reality Prints Limited and the
executive vice-chairman of Famfa Oil
Limited. Alakija is ranked by Forbes as the
richest woman in Nigeria with an estimated
net worth of $2.6 billion As of 2015.
2] MIKE ADENUGA
AGE: 62
OCCUPATION: Founder of Globacom,
Chairman of Conoil
NET WORTH: $4.1 billion (June 2015)
Mike is a Nigerian business tycoon, and one
of the richest black people in the world. His
company Globacom controls Nigeria's
second-largest telecom operator, he also
owns stakes in theEquitorial Trust Bank and
oil exploration firm Conoil (formerly
Consolidated Oil Company). Forbes has
estimated his net worth at $4.6 billion as of
March 2013 which makes him second
wealthiest Nigerian behind Aliko Dangote.
1] ALIKO DANGOTE
AGE: 58
OCCUPATION: Chairman & CEO of
Dangote Group
NET WORTH: US$17.7 billion (June 2015)
Dangote is a Nigerian billionaire
businessman, who owns the Dangote
Group, which has interests in commodities.
The company operates in Nigeria and other
African countries, including Benin,
Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa, Togo and
Zambia. As of January 2015, he had an
estimated net worth of US$18.6 billion.
Dangote is ranked by Forbes magazine as
the 67th richest person in the world and the
richest in Africa.[ He surpassed Saudi-
Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Hussein Al
Amoudi in 2013 by over $2.6 billion to
become the world's richest person of
African descent.
NOTE: THIS RATING IS NOT BASED ON
ANYONE'S OPINION, IT IS A
COMPILED RATING BY T.I.N
MAGAZINE FROM CREDIBLE ASSETS
RATERS LIKE "FORBES", AND OTHERS.
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