Barack Obama and Aliko Dangote Are The Most Powerful Black Men In The World - Forbes

President, of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has been named among the 100 most powerful people in the world by the influential American magazine, Forbes.

Aliko who is the only black person who made the list apart from President Barack Obama of the United States of America (USA) was listed at number 71 just a notch above the top Republican Party contender for the US presidency, Donald Trump.

President of Egypt, Abdel el-Sisi, was the only other African listed apart from Dangote and he was placed at number 49, under the defiant North Korean leader Kin Jong-un who was placed at number 46, while Igor Sechin of Rosneft and Ma Huateng were placed at 47 and 48 respectively.

Occupying the number one spot is the Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, followed by the Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, and Obama in the third position.

Also listed are Pope Francis at number four, Chinese Prime Minister Xi Jinping (fifth),world’s richest men, Bill Gates (sixth) and Warren Buffet (13th) were placed and Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (23rd).

Last month, Dangote was named among the 50 world most influential personalities by Bloomberg, the renowned United States-based news media with bias for business and financial news reporting.

The group of personalities chosen by the Bloomberg Market, consisted of CEOs, world leaders as well as religious leaders. As expected, Obama, Angela Merkel and Pope Francis made the list with Dangote at number 41.

According to Bloomberg, those on the list “build companies and assemble fortunes.

They run banks, or hope to disrupt them. They shape economies and spread ideas. They manage money and wield the clout that goes with the billions of dollars they invest.”

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Posted: at 8-11-2015 08:47 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

what do you call power?

Posted: at 8-11-2015 10:31 AM (8 years ago) | Grande Master

Poster why u no ask forbes,where the kardashian babes name dey?lolz.

Posted: at 8-11-2015 11:07 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

Good for them, that was not as easy.

Posted: at 8-11-2015 11:38 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

Enjoy the wealth and use it help people in need. no be only this we want

Posted: at 8-11-2015 11:44 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

i wish to become like them. and i knw God wil grant my wish ameen.

Posted: at 8-11-2015 02:08 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Before nko,na my name una for put there?D man deserves it afterall he knows how to lobby every president when doing business,But pls tell him tocaution all his drivers,they do kill innocent lives with their trucks&lorries almost every day in different parts of the states.

Posted: at 8-11-2015 03:59 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Good to know

Posted: at 8-11-2015 06:35 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

congratz to dem, all na deir pocket e dey

Posted: at 12-11-2015 11:42 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac