See 5 Nigerians that Make Forbes 2015 Billionaires List

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Forbes billionaire list 2015 has been released and the the usual suspects like Bill Gates retains the top spot, Five Nigerians made the cut – Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Folorunsho Alakija,Femi Otedola and Abdulsamad Rabiu. Orji Uzor Kalu and Tony Elumelu who made the list last year were dropped off the list this year.
Bill Gates is still the richest man in the world. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is now the 16th richest man in the world. The youngest billionaire in the world is 24 year old Evan Spiegel, the co-founder of photo- messaging app, Snapchat.

The year’s biggest loser in dollar terms is Aliko Dangote of Nigeria, whose fortune dropped to $14.7 billion from $25 billion last year, propelled downward by a weaker Nigerian currency and shrinking demand for cement, his largest asset.He still retains the title of Africa’s richest man. The country that lost the most ground by far was Russia, which now has 88 billionaires down from 111, less than not just the U.S. and China but now also Germany and India.

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