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Thursday, August 27, 2015

How Africa's Richest Man (Aliko Dangote) Lost $708.6 Million

   Aliko Dangote

According to the Bloomberg’s ranking of the world’s richest people, on Monday, August 24, Aliko Dangote, lost $708.6 million equivalence of N141billion just in a 24-hour period.


The Cable reports that the famous businessman and philanthropist joined numerous billionaires and  lost $708.6 million (140 billion) following intense pressure of global markets as a result of ripples from the Chinese economic crisis.


The president of Dangote group gained $79.2m (N15.6bn) from Thursday to Friday last week, only to lose the same amount multiplied by nine.
According to the Bloomberg, only 3 out of top 200 billionaires received gain on “Black Monday”.

On December 23, 2014, Dangote  lost more than $7.8bn of his estimated $25bn fortune between February and December due to the slump in oil prices.

- hmanisblack.blogspot.com

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