Forbes Reportedly Drops Folorunso Alakija Out Of 2021 Billionaires List

Nigeria now has only three billionaires on 2021 Forbes list of world billionaires, with the dropping off of Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil Limited, Folorunso Alakija. This is the second time in a row she is dropping off the list.

Released on Tuesday, the new list has Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote group; Mike Adenuga, chairman of Globacom; and Abulsamad Rabiu, chairman of BUA group.

In 2019, Alakija made the Forbes listing of worldwide billionaires and changed into ranked 1941 in a list of 2,153 billionaires; with a net really worth of $1.1 billion. The oil wealthy person dropped off the worldwide billionaires’ listing in 2020, despite the fact that she nonetheless emerged as 20th richest African billionaire in 2020.

Forbes stated Alakija’s fortune dropped underneath $1 billion because of lower oil expenses due to the fact she is specially into oil exploration.

Dangote retained the top spot of Africa’s richest character with a internet worth of $11.5 billion, making him the 191st wealthiest character within the world.

He owns eighty five% of publicly-traded Dangote Cement through a protecting employer, and has shares in publicly-traded salt and sugar manufacturing corporations.

Adenuga, Nigeria’s 2nd richest man, became ranked 440th richest inside the international with a internet really worth of $6.1 billion, up from $five.6bn in 2020.

Rabiu emerged as 574th richest character in the world with an expected fortune of $four.9 billion. He also keeps the position of sixth wealthiest person in Africa.

Despite the global economic effect of the coronavirus outbreak, Forbes said an additional 660 individuals were added to its 2021 billionaires listing.

“It’s been a year like no other, and we aren’t speaking approximately the pandemic. There were rapid-hearth public services, surging cryptocurrencies and skyrocketing stock charges,” Forbes stated.

“The quantity of billionaires on Forbes’ thirty fifth annual list of the sector’s wealthiest exploded to an unparalleled 2,755, 660 greater than a yr in the past.

“Of those, a report high 493 were new to the list–roughly one each 17 hours, such as 210 from China and Hong Kong. Another 250 who’d fallen off in the beyond came roaring again. A outstanding 86% are richer than a year ago.”

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, stays the world’s richest guy for the fourth instantly year with an predicted really worth of $177 billion, observed by way of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla in 2d location with $151 billion.

Altogether, the two,755 billionaires on Forbes list are well worth $thirteen.1 trillion, up from $eight trillion in 2020.

The United States of America has the very best quantity of 724 billionaires, observed by China (which include Hong Kong and Macao) with 698. Forbes stated it used stock fees and change rates from March 5 to calculate internet really worth.