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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Forbes List: 2011 World's Richest People.

Aliko Dangote and Mike Adenuga
Forbes Magazine recently released its list of billionaires for 2011.

Africans on the 2011 Forbes List of Billionaires
Name                   Country   Worth     Source        Ranking 
Aliko Dangote,       Nigeria      $13.8B     Business   #51(world) #1(Nigeria) 
Mike Adenuga        Nigeria      $2B         Business   #595 (world) #2(Nigeria)
Nicky Openheimer  SA            $7B        Inherited    #136(world) #1(SA)
Johann Rupert        SA            $4.8B      Business   #219(world) #2(SA)

The U.S. still dominates with 413 billionaires, Asia second with 332, 115 of which are Chinese.Europe has 300 billionaires and Middle East/Africa has 89.

Mexico's Carlos Slim is still the richest man in the world, adding $20billion to his fortune in the last one year. He is now worth $76 billion. Followed by Bill Gates $56 billion and Warren Buffett - $50 billion.

Check out the full list of 2011 billionaires here

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