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The Most Famous

BUSINESSPEOPLE from Nigeria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Nigerian Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 601 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.

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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.

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1. Aliko Dangote (1957 - )

With an HPI of 46.40, Aliko Dangote is the most famous Nigerian Businessperson.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

Aliko Dangote () (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman and industrialist. He is best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of the Dangote Group, the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated his net worth at $16.1 billion in November 2023, making him the richest person in Africa, the world's richest black person, and the world's 107th richest person overall.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as businesspeople born between 1957 and 1957. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living businesspeople include Aliko Dangote.

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