Thursday 6 December 2012

Nigerian Billionaire Folorunsho Alakija Tops Charts As Richest Black Woman


Forbes tells us Folorunsho Alakija 61, A Nigerian businesswoman has over thrown media mogul Oprah Winfrey off the number one spot on the ‘Richest Black Women in the World’ slot and she's worth at least $3.3bn.
Ventures Africa says Alakija is $500m richer than Oprah, whose wealth was estimated at $2.7b in September.
Folorunsho Alakija is the founder and owner of Famfa Oil, a Nigerian oil company which owns a 60 percent working interest in OML 127 that produces about 200,000 barrels a day.

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