Dangote ranks 117th on Bloomberg Global Billionaires Index

August 10, 2021
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THE latest Bloomberg Global Billionaires Index has ranked the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, at number 117th.

The index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. Details about the calculations are provided in the net worth analysis on each billionaire’s profile page.

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In the index, which usually has its figures updated at the close of every trading day in New York, Dangote was on Tuesday said to have a net worth of $17.8bn.

On top of the index is Tesla’s Elon Musk with a net worth of $194bn,  closely followed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos who is also worth $194bn.

At $174bn, Bernard Arnault ranked third. The position was recently held by Microsoft boss, Bill Gates, who lost it after some stock transfers to his ex-wife after their divorce was concluded days ago.

Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook is occupying the fifth position with a net worth of $135bn.

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