Nigerian oil tycoon, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, is
now the richest black woman in the world with an estimated fortune of $7.3
billion, according to lastest report.
Mother of four, Alakija, 62, unseats Winfrey as the richest black woman in the
world.
According to Forbes, Oprah Winfrey is worth $2.9 billion. Africa boasts 55 billionaires and they’re worth a
staggering $143.88 billion in total, according to pan-African magazine Ventures
Africa.
Alakija started her career as a secretary in a bank in the mid 1970s. She then
studied fashion in London and returned to Nigeria to start a label, Supreme
Stitches. But her biggest break came in oil.
In 1993, her company, Famfa Oil, was awarded an
oil prospecting licence, which later became OML 127, one of Nigeria’s most
prolific oil blocks. The company owns a 60-per-cent stake in the block, valued at around $7.3
billion, Ventures Africa has reported.
Source: Thisday
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