American’s website, Wealth-X has named Nigeria’s oil mogul and Dj Xclusive’s aunt, Folorunsho Alakija has the 9th richest woman in the world and number 1 richest as well in the region of Africa.
According to the website the selection was made based on the richest woman in each region of the world. Coming up number in Africa means she’s the wealthiest woman in Africa.
Check out the full list below with their estimated net worth;
Estimated Networth Name Region
1. ) $37.9b Christy Walton North America
2.) $31.3b Liliane Bettencourt Europe
3.) $14.8b Gina Reinhart Pacific
4.) $6.3b Vanessa Paola Slim Latin America
5.) $6.3b Soumaya Slem de Romero Latin America
6.) $6.3b Johanna Monique Slim Ayub Latin America
7.) $.3b Uang Huiyan Asia
8.) $4.2b Shari Arison Middle East
9.) $1.2b Folorunsho Alakija Africa
The recently published Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014 shows that there are 286 female
billionaires, accounting for 12.3% of the total global billionaire population of 2,325. The average age of female billionaires is 61 years old. The female billionaire population controls 12.8% of the world’s total billionaire wealth of US$7.3 trillion.
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