The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Nigeria
This page contains a list of the greatest Nigerian Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 847 Businesspeople, 1 of which were born in Nigeria. This makes Nigeria the birth place of the 57th most number of Businesspeople behind Romania, and Qatar.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Nigerian Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Nigerian Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Aliko Dangote (b. 1957)
With an HPI of 48.70, Aliko Dangote is the most famous Nigerian Businessperson. Her biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.
Aliko Dangote (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman and industrialist. He is the first man who built a private refinery in Nigeria. Dangote is the 211th richest individual in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$11.2 billion as of October 2024, according to Forbes and US$27.7 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Nigerian businesspeople born between 1957 and 1957. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Nigerian businesspeople include Aliko Dangote.
