Description: Net Worth: $850 Million Rank In Nigeria: #8 Rank in Africa: #30 (#28 in 2013) In July, banker Jim Ovia was appointed as chairman of Zenith Bank Group, the same bank he founded more than 20 years ago. He remains the bank’s largest individual shareholder with a 9.3% stake. His other assets include real estate across Nigeria, and Visafone. In August, he started construction on a $1.5 billion petrochemical complex in Akwa-Ibom in Nigeria. |
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