10 Things you should know about Aliko Dangote

Aliko Dangote is widely known as the founder of  Dangote Group which is an industrial conglomerate in Africa. Here are 10 Things you should know about Aliko Dangote.

1. Aliko Dangote was born on 10 April 1957.
2. He is a Nigerian billionaire businessman.
3. He has an estimated net worth of US$8.3 billion, making him the 162nd wealthiest person in the world and the richest person in Africa.
4. Aliko is an ethnic Hausa Muslim from Kano.
5. He is the great-grandson of Alhaji Alhassan Dantata, the richest West African at the time of his death in 1955.
6. He lives in Lagos and he was previously married, with three daughters, and one adopted son.
7. He was educated at the Sheikh Ali Kumasi Madrasa, followed by Capital High School, Kano.
8.  In 1978, he graduated from the Government College, Birnin Kudu.
9. He received a bachelor’s degree in business studies and administration from Al-Azhar University, Cairo.
10. The Dangote Group was established as a small trading firm in 1977, the same year Dangote relocated to Lagos to expand the company.