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This article refers to U.S. dollar billionaires who have Black African ancestry.
Aliko Dangote, the world's wealthiest Black person
Oprah Winfrey at the White House in 2010, the first female black billionaire and the only black billionaire from 2004 to 2006
According to Forbes 2014 ranking of the world's billionaires, Nigerian business magnate Aliko Dangote with a net worth of $25 billion is the world's richest black person.[1] The other Blacks on the list are Nigeria's Mike Adenuga with $4.6 billion,[2] American media mogul Oprah Winfrey and South African gold magnate Patrice Motsepe, each with $2.9 billion, Nigeria's Folorunsho Alakija with $2.5 billion, Nigeria's Abdulsmad Rabiu with $1.2 billion and Mo Ibrahim, a British billionaire of Sudanese Nubian ancestry,[3] who has been on the Forbes Billionaire list since 2008 and in 2012 had a net worth of $1.1 billion.[4]
From 2001 to 2003, Forbes listed American television network executive Bob Johnson as a billionaire,[5] but dropped him after his fortune was split in his divorce.[when?][6] He returned to Forbes Billionaire list in 2007 with a net worth of $1.1 billion. In 2008 Johnson's wealth dropped again, this time to approximately $1.0 billion [7] and by 2009 he fell off the list again. Nigerian petroleum executive Femi Otedola briefly emerged as a billionaire in 2009, but has not been listed in the following years.[8] In the summer of 2014, Michael Jordan emerged as a billionaire but not in time to qualify for the 2014 Forbes international billionaire list which appears in the winter. He's expected to make the 2015 list
Multiracial billionaires with significant black ancestry have also been identified over the years. Saudi Arabian billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi, of Hadhrami Yemeni and Ethiopian descent, has been on the Forbes billionaire list since 2002 and in 2012 had a net worth of $12.5 billion.[9] Michael Lee-Chin of Canada, who is Jamaican of Chinese and Black ancestry was on the list from 2001 to 2010, but dropped off in 2011.[10] In 2013 Isabel Dos Santos who is of both Black and Middle Eastern ancestry made the list with a $2 billion net worth.
Of all the above-mentioned billionaires identified by Forbes, only Oprah Winfrey qualified for Forbes 2009's list of the world's 20 most powerful billionaires, a list which considered not only wealth, but also market sway and political clout. Winfrey was considered especially powerful because of her influence on American consumer choices and her pivotal role in getting Barack Obama elected.[11]
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Number of Black billionaires, Bi/Multiracial billionaires with Black ancestry, and all billionaires by year (wealth valuations by Forbes magazine at the time their international billionaire list is released each year)
Year Number of Black billionaires Number of mixed race billionaires with significant Black ancestry Number of all billionaires
1996 0 0 423, Richest: Bill Gates $18.5 billionUnited States
1997 0 0 224, Richest: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah $38 billion Brunei
1998 0 0 209, Richest: Bill Gates $51 billionUnited States
1999 0 0 298, Richest: Bill Gates $55 billionUnited States
2000 0 0 322, Richest: Bill Gates $60 billionUnited States
2001 1: Bob Johnson $1.6 billionUnited States 1: Michael Lee-Chin $1 billionCanadaJamaica[12] 538, Richest: Bill Gates $58.7 billionUnited States
2002 1: Bob Johnson $1 billionUnited States 2: Mohammad Al Amoudi $1.5 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia
Michael Lee-Chin $1.1 billionCanadaJamaica[13]
497, Richest: Bill Gates $52.8 billionUnited States
2003 2: Bob Johnson $1.2 billionUnited States
Oprah Winfrey $1 billionUnited States[14]
2: Mohammad Al Amoudi $1.5 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia
Michael Lee-Chin $1.4 billionCanadaJamaica[15]
476, Richest: Bill Gates $40.7 billionUnited States
2004 1: Oprah Winfrey $1.1 billionUnited States 2: Michael Lee-Chin $2.4 billionCanadaJamaica
Mohammad Al Amoudi $1.4 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia[16]
587, Richest: Bill Gates $46.6 billionUnited States
2005 1: Oprah Winfrey $1.3 billionUnited States 2: Michael Lee-Chin $2.5 billionCanadaJamaica
Mohammad Al Amoud $2.5 billioniEthiopiaSaudi Arabia
691, Richest: Bill Gates $46.5 billionUnited States
2006 1, Oprah Winfrey $1.4 billionUnited States 2: Mohammad Al Amoudi $6.9 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia
Michael Lee-Chin $2.1 billionCanadaJamaica[17]
793, Richest: Bill Gates $50 billionUnited States
2007 2: Oprah Winfrey $1.5 billionUnited States
Bob Johnson $1.1 billionUnited States[18]
2: Mohammad Al Amoudi $8 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia
Michael Lee-Chin $1.6 billionCanadaJamaica[19]
946, Richest: Bill Gates $56 billionUnited States
2008 5: Aliko Dangote $3.3 billionNigeria
Oprah Winfrey $2.5 billionUnited States[20] Patrice Motsepe $2.4 billionSouth Africa[21] Mo Ibrahim $2.5 billion United Kingdom[22]
Bob Johnson $1 billionUnited States [7]
2: Mohammad Al Amoudi $9 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia
Michael Lee-Chin $1.8 billionCanadaJamaica[23]
1,125, Richest: Warren Buffet $62 billionUnited States
2009 5: Oprah Winfrey $2.7 billion United States Aliko Dangote $2.5 billionNigeria Mo Ibrahim $2 billion United Kingdom
Femi Otedola $1.6 billion Nigeria
Patrice Motsepe $1.3 billion South Africa
2: Mohammad Al Amoudi $9 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia
Michael Lee-Chin $1 billionCanadaJamaica[24]
793, Richest: Bill Gates $40 billionUnited States
2010 4: Oprah Winfrey $2.4 billion United States
Patrice Motsepe $2.3 billion South Africa Aliko Dangote $2.1 billionNigeria Mo Ibrahim $2 billion United Kingdom
2: Mohammad Al Amoudi $10 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia
Michael Lee-Chin $1 billionCanadaJamaica[25]
1,011, Richest: Carlos Slim Helu & family $53.5 billion[26] Mexico
2011 5:Aliko Dangote $13.8 billionNigeria[2]
Patrice Motsepe $3.3 billion South Africa
Oprah Winfrey $2.7 billionUnited States Mo Ibrahim $1.8 billionUnited Kingdom [4]
Mike Adenuga $2 billionNigeria [2]
1: Mohammad Al Amoudi $12.3 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia 1,210, Richest: Carlos Slim Helu & family $74 billionMexico
2012 [1] 5:Aliko Dangote $11.2 billionNigeria[2]
Mike Adenuga $4.3 billionNigeria [2]
Patrice Motsepe $2.7 billion South AfricaOprah Winfrey $2.7 billionUnited States Mo Ibrahim $1.1 billionUnited Kingdom [4]
1: Mohammad Al Amoudi $12.3 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia 1,210, Richest: Carlos Slim Helu & family $74 billionMexico
2013 5:Aliko Dangote $16.1 billionNigeria[2]
Mike Adenuga $4.7 billionNigeria
Patrice Motsepe $2.9 billion South Africa Oprah Winfrey $2.8 billionUnited States Mo Ibrahim $1.1 billionUnited Kingdom [4]
2: Mohammad Al Amoudi $13.5 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia Isabel Dos Santos $2 billionAngola 1,426, Richest: Carlos Slim Helu & family $73 billionMexico
2014 7:Aliko Dangote $25 billionNigeriaMike Adenuga $4.6 billionNigeria Oprah Winfrey $2.9 billionUnited States
Patrice Motsepe $2.9 billion South Africa Florunsho Alakija $2.5 billion Nigeria Abdulsmad Rabiu $1.2 billion Nigeria Mo Ibrahim $1.1 billionUnited Kingdom [4]
2: Mohammad Al Amoudi $15.3 billionEthiopiaSaudi Arabia Isabel Dos Santos $3.7 billionAngola 1,645, Richest: Bill Gates $76 billionUnited States
See also
List of African-American firsts
Lists of billionaires
List of countries by the number of billionaires