Business-Matter.com brings you the list of the top 21 richest people in Nigeria and their companies. The value of shares held in quoted companies, size and market share of the companies, number of companies they own and its assumed value and the impact of the companies on the Nigerian economy were the yardstick used in compiling the new list.

These are the list:
Aliko Dangote,      –     Dangote Group, richest man in Africa and richest black man in the world.

Mike Adenuga        –  Conoil, Equitorial Trust Bank and Globacom.

Femi Otedola          –   Zenon Oil and Gas.

Orji Uzor Kalu        –    Slok Group

Cosmos Maduka    –   Coscharis Group

Jimoh Ibrahim       –  Nicon Insurance, Global Fleet

Jim Ovia                    –  Zenith Bank, Visafone

Pascal Dozie             – MTN Nigeria, Diamond Bank

Oba Otudeko            – Honeywell Group Nigeria

Sayyu Dantata           -MRS Group.

Umaru Abdul Mutallab – former Chairman First Bank Plc, Mutallab Group

Samuel Adedoyin  – Doyin Group

Dele Fajemirokun  – Chairman Aiico Insurance, Xerox Nigeria, Chicken Republic, Kings Guards

Cletus Ibeto             – Ibeto Group

Raymond Dokpesi  – Daar Communication, AIT

Tony Ezenna           – Orange Group

Molade Okoya Thomas – Chairman CFAO Nig and other six french companies

Ifeanyi Ubah             – Capital oil and gas

Leo Stan Ekeh             -Zinox Computer

Fola Adeola               – GTBank

Ade Ojo                        -Elizade Motors Nig Ltd, Distributor of Toyota cars

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