Aliko Dangote Turns 43rd Richest Man In The World
 

According to the Richest People in the World list Forbes, which was released yesterday listed Aliko Dangote, business man and philanthropist, as the 43rd richest man in the world.
Dangote moved from 76th with a net worth of $11.2billion in 2012 to 43rd with a net worth of $16.1bn as of March 2013, which he made $5billion in one year
  He still stays as the richest man in Africa. The other Nigerian billionaire on the Forbes Billionaires list is Globalcom chairman, Mike Adenuga, who ranked 269 with a net worth of $4.7bn.
Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest man with a net worth of $73bn, while Bill Gates is the second with a net worth of the $67bn. 3rd is Armancio Ortega of Spain $57bn, 4th is Warren Buffet $53.5bn, and 5th is Larry Ellison with $43bn net worth.