50 year old business man, Aliko Dangote is Nigeria's Richest.
He's estimated to be worth 8 billion dollars. When converted, that amounts to 1 Trillion Naira. Making him Nigeria's first authentic trillionaire.
Listed two years consecutively as Nigeria's richest man, his net worth in 2005 was $1.6 billion, and $4billion in 2006, now he's valued at $8billion in 2007.
The chairman of Dangote group, a conglomeration that manufactures everything from cement to sugar is the biggest private employer of labour in Nigeria with over 25, 000 employees.
He is today said to be ranked on the top 20 richest men in the world.
He has an all-glass and granite house in Victoria Island, a yacht, two private jets and many choice properties.
The Kano-born businessman is married with kids.
