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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.
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] Billionaires who are from Africa, but do not reside in the continent (such as Elon Musk, Mohammed Al Amoudi, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Mo Ibrahim, Tope Awotona) are excluded from the list by Forbes.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American billionaires. It includes American billionaires that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "African-American billionaires"
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 ...
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The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1] As of March 2023, there were 735 billionaires in the United States. [2]
The Forbes 400 list features the wealthiest billionaires in the US, but not every American with three commas in their net worth made the cut.
As of 2020, a Forbes Billionaire ranking demonstrated that there were 7 African American billionaires in the United States. [44] The list included former athlete and sports executive Michael Jordan , financier Robert F. Smith , talk show host, actress and media proprietor Oprah Winfrey , rapper and music executive Jay-Z , actor and TV and film ...