Born To Make Money: Aliko Dangote bags ₦ 15.6bn In 24 Hours

Reports say that from Thursday, August 20 to Friday, August 21, Nigerian extremely rich person, Aliko Dangote, made a profit of $79.2m (N15.6bn).

He was one of six extremely rich people who saw their fortunes increment in 24 hours to Friday.

The other three Africans on the Index are South Africans: Nicky Oppenheimer some time ago of the De Beers precious stone organization (total assets $6.7bn) suffered a $27.9m misfortune in the middle of Thursday and Friday; luxury merchandise tycoon Johann Rupert (total assets $7bn) saw his cash shrink by $87m, and retailing aristocrat Christo Wiese (total assets $7bn), lost $220m over the same period.

The week by week drop for the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a group that incorporates Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, was the greatest since tracking of the expanded started in September 2014.

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index takes measure of the world’s wealthiest individuals taking into account business sector and monetary changes and Bloomberg News reporting. Every total assets figure is overhauled each business day at 5:30 p.m. in New York and recorded in US dollars.