Billionaire Aliko Dangote GCON (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman, investor, and owner of the Dangote Group.
As of November 2019, Dangote had an estimated net worth of US$8.9 billion.
He is ranked by Forbes magazine as the 136th-richest person in the world and the richest man in Africa and peaked on the list as the 23rd-richest person in the world in 2014.
Reports say Dangote was married twice as well twice divorced.
The first time he was married was in his twenties, his parents had reportedly chosen the wife Zainab for him.
Some time later, he fell in love with a friend of his daughters Nafisat Yar’auda (daughter of Umaru Musa Yar’auda) but the girl said “no” to the marriage proposal.
Later, he was married Maria AD Muhammad Rufai, this marriage was not a long lasting and also ended by divorce in 2017.
Meet Daughters
Maria Muhammad Rufai is a daughter of former Commissioner for Woman Affairs and Human Services in Bauchi state.
Best comments win big prizes here, so start commenting now! Something big is on the way