4. Aliko Dangote
Company: Dangote Cement
Net Worth: $12.7 billion*
Americans are likely not familiar with the name Aliko Dangote, but Africans most certainly are. Dangote is the owner of Dangote Cement, which is the largest cement producer in Africa. Dangote is also the continent’s richest man, with a net worth of nearly $13 billion as of the fall of 2021.
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Dangote Cement is similar to Vulcan and Cemex in that it sells the raw materials used to construct roads, buildings, and more. Dangote owns his cement company through Dangote Group, which is an industrial conglomerate. The industrialist lives a Tony-Stark-like life, and you can often spot him driving his sleek, $1.7 million Bugatti Veyron through the streets of Kano, Nigeria.