BALTIMORE — Reginald F. Lewis was a visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and most notably - the first African American to build a billion-dollar company, TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc.
Who is the richest Black person in the world 2023?
Aliko Dangote — Nigerian businessman.
Topping the list of the wealthiest Black person in the world with an estimated net worth of $13.7 billion as of 2023, is none other than Nigeria's own Aliko Dangote. He's founder and chairman of Dangote Cement, one of Africa's leading cement producers and he's Africa's richest man.
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Who is No 1 richest person in the world?
Billionaire, businessman and the chairman and chief executive of LVMH (LVMUY), Bernard Arnault holds the crown as the richest person in the world. According to Forbes, Arnault has a fortune of $234.5 billion.
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.
2021. As of 2021, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is the richest person in Africa, and the African countries with the most billionaires are Egypt (5), South Africa (5), Nigeria (3), and Morocco (2).
Wendy Appelbaum. A South African business leader, and philanthropist, Wendy is one of the most powerful women in the world and has a net worth of $259 million.
Aliko Dangote has been the richest man in Africa for ten years in a row, with a net worth of around $13.5 billion. Dangote's fortune is primarily built from his company, Dangote Cement, although he started his business empire by selling commodities such as sugar, salt, and flour.
Rihanna's estimated net worth is $1.4 billion in 2023. She became America's youngest self-made female billionaire in 2022. Much of Rihanna's wealth has been attributed to her successful makeup company, Fenty Beauty, which she co-owns with French luxury retailer LVMH.
Here's where the top five richest rappers stood in 2022, according to a report from former Forbes editor Zack O'Malley Greenburg: Jay-Z: $1.5 billion (October 2022) Diddy: $1 billion (October 2022) Ye: $500 million (October 2022)
The Walton family knows its way around some retail revenue. Its namesake, mega-retailer Walmart, has an estimated global revenue of $611.3 billion. As the family owns nearly half of the company, they should be quite comfortable for generations to come.
Among metropolitan areas, the New York City metro area – which includes parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania – has the nation's largest single-race Black population, with roughly 3.0 million. Other top metropolitan areas include Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Philadelphia.
In 2016, around 15.2 percent of all White families in the United States had a net worth of one million U.S. dollars or more. This compares to only 1.9 percent of Black families.
White people, who are not Hispanic or Latino, make up about 60% of the U.S. population. 8% of millionaires in the U.S. are Black. Black people make up about 14% of the U.S. population.
A trillion is such a huge number, followed by twelve zeros. That is one thousand times a billion (nine zeros followed by 1). Do you know that only 6 trillionaires ever lived on the face of earth? As of today, there are no trillionaires who live on earth.
