Aliko Dangote has been ranked as the world’s sixth richest person in the manufacturing industry.
Dangote whose net worth is put at $14.3 billion is the
founder of Dangote Cement, the leading cement producer in Africa, in which owns
about 85 percent stake, as well as Dangote Fertilizer and Refinery, the world’s
largest single-train refinery.
The ranking was carried out by Insidermonkey.com, an
American firm that uses a hybrid evaluation system to track insider
transactions and other market anomalies, and educate investors about the
intricacies of investing.
Dangote is the only African among the top 25 billionaires
ranked.
The world’s richest billionaire in the manufacturing
industry is Reinhold Wuerth with a net worth of $35.3 billion.
Wuerth joined his father’s wholesale screw business in 1949
and retired from the firm in 1994.
The second ranked billionaire in manufacturing is He
Xiangjian, worth $26.1 billion.
Xiangjian created one of the world’s leading appliance
makers, Midea Group Co. Ltd. In 2012, he stepped down from Midea Group
operations.
Michael Hartono was ranked the third richest person in
manufacturing, with a net worth of $23.1 billion.
Hartono and his family made a huge fortune from the tobacco
business and are still one of the biggest clove cigarette makers in Indonesia.
He also has investment in the Bank of Central Asia (BCA).
Takemitsu Takizaki was named the world’s fourth richest
billionaire in manufacturing with a net worth of $20.7 billion.
Takizaki founded Keyence Corporation, a company that
manufactures sensors and electronic components for factory automation systems.
The fifth richest billionaire, according to the rankings, is
James Ratcliffe worth $16.2 billion
Ratcliffe is the founder, chairman, and majority owner of
the chemical powerhouse, Ineos Group.
In 2018, Richtopia, a United Kingdom-based digital
periodical that covers business, economic and financial news, recognised the
President of the Dangote Group,Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa as the
sixth most charitable man in the world.
Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and J.K Rowlings occupied the
first three positions, while Oprah Winfrey and Elon Musk were in the fourth and
fifth position, respectively.
Also on the list were, the Chairman, United Bank for Africa
Plc, Tony Elumelu, was 11th on the list, making him the second Nigerian on the
list.