BLACK BILLIONAIRES!!! MEET THE RICHEST BLACK FOLK ON THE PLANET … IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE … YOU BETTER ASK SOMEBODY!!!

BLACK BILLIONAIRES!!! MEET THE RICHEST BLACK FOLK ON THE PLANET … IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE … YOU BETTER ASK SOMEBODY!!!

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Mohammed Al Amoudi

Ethiopian born Mohammed Al Amoudi who is the richest black person alive with a total net worth of $9 billion.

Ranked 97th on the Forbes World’s Wealthiest Billionaires List, Al Amoudi made his fortune in construction and real estate before betting on Swedish and Moroccan oil refineries. His svenska petroleum conducts oil exploration from the Nordic shelf to the Ivory Coast.

Al Amoudi is the largest foreign investor in Sweden and the largest private investor in Ethiopia, investing in diverse assets such as hotels, gold mines and a food processing plant.


Aliko Dangote

Nigerian Aliko Dangote is the second richest black person, taking 334th position on Forbes’ World’s Wealthiest Billionaires List. He is also the richest African citizen.

Owner of The Dangote Group, which has an estimated current net worth of around US$3.3 billion with operations in Benin, Ghana and Togo, Dangote’s businesses include food processing, cement manufacturing and freight.


Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is 462nd on Forbes World’s Wealthiest Billionaires List worth over $2.5 billion.

Winfrey was listed as the world’s only black billionaire in 2004, 2005 and 2006. She has been dubbed as the first black billionairess and has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African American of all time and arguably the most influential woman in the world.


Mohamed Ibrahim

Sudanese-born Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim sits side-by-side with Oprah Winfrey on Forbes World’s Wealthiest Billionaires List worth over $2.5 billion.

Dr. Ibrahim is a global expert in mobile communications with a distinguished academic and business career launching the first cellular service in the UK in 1985 and founding Mobile Systems International (MSI), a technology consultancy and software business in 1989.

Not stopping there, Dr. Ibrahim established Celtel mobile networks in Africa in 1998, which now has operations in 16 countries. The company was sold to MTC Kuwait in 2005 for $3.4billion.


Patrice Motsepe

With an estimated net worth of $2.4 billion, Motsepe is the 503rd richest person on Forbes World’s Wealthiest Billionaires List worth over $2.5 billion. The Johannesburg mining magnate is South Africa’s first black billionaire and is dubbed the “prince of mines” due to the vast fortune he has amassed through his company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM).

Since launching ARM in 1994 Motsepe has built his company into an $875 million (sales) mining conglomerate with interests in a wide swath of minerals - precious metals (platinum and its cousins), nickel, chrome, iron, manganese and coal.

The business mogul also holds a 5.5% stake in Sanlam, a publicly traded financial services company outside Cape Town.

Michael Lee-Chin

Michael Lee-Chin is the 677th person on the Forbes World Wealthiest Billionaires List with a net worth estimated to be $1.8 billion.

The Jamaica native who lives in Canada is the founder and Chairman of Portland Holdings Inc, Executive Chairman of AIC Limited (a Canadian mutual fund), and the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica.

Additionally Lee-Chin owns stakes in National Commercial Bank Jamaica, Total Finance in Trinidad & Tobago and Columbus Communications, a cable and communications company in Barbados. His personal real estate portfolio includes 250 acres of beachfront property in Ocho Rios, Jamaica and homes in Canada and Florida.

Robert Johnson

The Robert Johnson is the 1062nd richest person in the world and was America’s first black billionaire.

The Mississippi born entrepreneur made his fortune when he create Black Entertainment Television (BET) in 1979. He became a billionaire when he sold the company in 1999 to Viacom for $3 B

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sassygold: Inspiring!
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:20:59 -0600

JAMELTHEGREAT: why the [EXPLETIVE] did they forget to put how much im worth!!! smh MR PERFECT- 1.9 Billion www.myspace.com/imakegirlscheat
Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:16:23 -0600

tru_africandiamond: GREAT NEWS! THIS IS WHAT MTO SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF. Lets put this into perspective we are only talking about 7 people out of 1000 people. We still have a long way to go!! 1/ Wealthy people who give money do not need to shout about or name a charity organisation after themselves to massage their own egos. Most celebrities by their nature want to be noticed and love the fame, so set up charities in their own name, which costs more money than giving that money to an already existing charity. Although more could be done by the billionaires right down to those NBA ballers to help all 'black people' over he world. 2/ Ethopians are black people! If you studied African American and Ethoians DNA you would probably find them to be more 'black' than most African Americans! One drop rule suited whites in slave countries during slavery, but since the end of savery they have been practicing DIVIDE AND RULE! WAKE UP PEOPLE PLEASE! 3/ Just because a nigerian is rich it does not mean they are a fraudster 419, stupid asses! 4/ There are may more black billionaires who's wealth cannot be confirmed,in some cases due to fraud. Clara africans do not steal jobs from Afcan Americans if more African Americans were qualified they would get the jobs, honey. The media will always premote blacks entertaining by focusing on black 'singers, dancer, footballers, basketball players, rappers' because this is 'small time money' to white people and we can never pull ourselves out from poverty and ignorance with small time money. For the most part our 'entertainer role models' have nothing to say or perpetrate ignorance. We need better role models, so we can strive to be educated billionaires and millionaires.
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:03:48 -0600

Chaz414: @dcboi, if u dont know, Nas father's name is Oludara, that is a Nigerian name 4rm the yoruba tribe. Nas is a born Nigerian but he's Nationality is American because he was born there. He has even been 2 Nigeria twice. And to the rest of u stil talking bad about Africa. Im not responding 2 u because u are just to ignorant 2 argue with me. No wonder d white man keeps u in projects and ghettos, u are bad 4 his economy. African americans dont want to work, they dont go 2 school all they do is f**k, eat, kill and sell drugs. There are more educated Africans than African americans. Thats why the white man keeps controlling u. Americans are hated in other countries, if u have been 2 London, i kno u havent cos u cant afford d trip, but if by magic u do go there, ask a Briton wat they think about americans and hear the insults he wuld rain on u! Lastly, if u kno u are black living in America, i suggest u come back 2 ur motherland and work 4 ur success because by the time we develop Africa, and i see your filthy ass coming here tryin 2 reep what u didnt sow, i wuld personally feed u 2 d sharks! They saw Nigerians are scammers but americans are the ignorant and dumb people that fal 4 them, they saw we sell drugs but americans are the sick individuals that buy and use them. So the main fact is that Africans are born hustlers and u ar our BITCH! Haha! Go 2 school and stop being ignorant maybe then u wont fal 4 our scams. The African leaders are the thieves and not the people so go to their office and burn them and stop talkn bad abt d people. IGNORANT ASS VAGABONDS! (im not hating on anyone just stop saying what u heard and find out the truth 4 urself, alrite my brothers?) one love my black people pls get educated and stop being d white mans toy..Nigeria 4 life, Jozi 4 life, Mandela respect!
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:54:03 -0600

AFRICANCUTIEPIE: This African American vs African vs West Indian bull**** is the most stupid thing. Stop hating on the success of others and looking for fault in one another. Clara your hater a** repeatedly posed negative s**t to demean others and make yourself seem better...Guess what your not and most likely wont ever be. For the comment above mine talking reckless about AA'S, your dead a** wrong. Just because some ignorant people on here are ignorant does not mean you should respond with such hateful bigotry.
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:08:15 -0600

dcboi: We Africans are home and dealing with our issues while you guys are in another man's land and saying that my home is a hell hole...At least i'm home. where is your own home? It ain't America, i know that for sure..Lincoln actually planned to send y'all back to Africa at one point. I wish he did and you guys would have become our slaves because you could not walk a day in our shoes. ----- Well we came back to Africa on our own choosing and created a country by the name of Liberia. If my memory serves me correct we actually came back and enslaved you guys for a few decades. But thats neither here nor there, your rant is retarted, you do realize those enslaved African Americans are your forefathers that came from the same area you did? If I came today and kidnapped your brother it dosent negate the fact hes still related to you dummy.
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:43:53 -0600

shag11: Most of them are muthafuckas who are still all of the resources from poor nations. Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Jamaica, and many other coutries have their resources ripped off by an elite few, while most of the nation lives in dire poverty. Bob Johnson never wanted to pay residuals to the comedians that performed on Comicview and other shows. Oprah one of a handful that shares the largesse, and doesn't play the good-'ol-boy game.
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:26:01 -0600

Sonofbabylon: Some of you AFRICAN Americans are just stupid. you talk about America like it's yours, maybe that's why the white man has still not removed the AFRICAN from the title he gave y'all when your weak ass ancestors were shipped out as slaves to work for the white man. My ancestors were built tough and they remained to fight the whites and then gained our independence and you have the guts to say that Africa is a hell hole. We can survive without any of your assistance. I lived in Houston for 10years and quite frankly can say that living as a black man in America is waaaay worse than living in Nigeria. I am making money like hell in Nigeria because of cheap labor and the fact that we don't have white people all over the jobs and lucrative businesses because they are all too scared of fraud so they choose not to come which is why we have so many rich Nigerians (legally or illegally.). The next forbes list will have more names as Aliko dangote (#2 on the list) himself said and knows. His competitors are making just as much but forbes can't seem to get it right and state their actual worth. We Africans are home and dealing with our issues while you guys are in another man's land and saying that my home is a hell hole...At least i'm home. where is your own home? It ain't America, i know that for sure..Lincoln actually planned to send y'all back to Africa at one point. I wish he did and you guys would have become our slaves because you could not walk a day in our shoes.
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:13:08 -0600

Mediasavvy: MsApril19, I think you have your geography a bit mixed up. Yes Ethopians and Egyptians are Africans but Israel as well as most Arab Nations are located in the Middle East which is part of the Asian Continent. So no, they are not Africans.
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:13:55 -0600

TravelAgent: Africanrose wrote: This is why black people remain poor they are always looking for hand out, someone to come and save them. You need to do things yourself your destiny is your responsibility. I'm very proud of Motsepe being that he is South african and i'm south african. He has grown his wealth beyond anyone could ever imagine. And those who say that its a hell hole in Africa its not true yes most of Africa there is wars and starvation but not everyone is living like that i'm living in South africa and i'm loving it i'd like to visit other countries as i believe it would increase my knowledge of the world but i don't want to ever completley live anywhere else but here so no not all of Africa is a hell hole. ----- Yeah, my Nigerian friend always says her family there believes Americans are so rich and that America is so beautiful, until they come to visit. Likewise, I have a South African friend who went back home to live and is enjoying herself on the sandy beaches, etc. America ain't all it's cracked up to be and Africa is not as poor a place as Americans have believed. Yet still, there are deeply inhumane injustices that stick out in our minds. We know that it's important for Africans and African-Americans to stick together, but we each have to take care of home before we can do that successfully.
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:30:32 -0600

TravelAgent: In my Chris Rock voice: 9 billion dollars! Good Lord, that's a lot of money!
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:24:14 -0600

Iwouldenvymetoo: @muffie SHUT THE [EXPLETIVE] UP STUPID TRICK!! People like you piss me the [EXPLETIVE] off give credit where is due BITCH!! Black americans are such haters seriously! just be happy for them.,, on those commercials do you ever see an AFRICAN person hosting the show or talking to the kids? NO! so how the [EXPLETIVE] is the money going to them... you dumb bitch
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:50:15 -0600

dcboi: @Chaz414 WTF. Nas is not Nigerian, hes Africaan American. His family is from the American South. lol And everybody else you mentioned probably wasnt even born in Nigeria.
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:47:50 -0600

muffie: So some african people on hear are defending their country and denying poverty and other abuses- well thats exactly why i don't always buy into the poor african children b.s I always felt it is a contiued attempt to play on peoples emotion. I wouldn't doubt that some of these peoples wealth is from all the aid sent to their country that they kept for themselves.
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:41:21 -0600

Salome: Happy to hear it.
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:08:52 -0600

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