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Key facts
- Born
- Aliko Mohammad Dangote , ( 1957-04-10 ) 10 April 1957 (age 69) , Kano , Nigeria
- Alma mater
- Al-Azhar University ( BSc )
- Occupation
- Businessman
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Title
- Founder of Dangote Group
- Spouses
- Zainab Dangote ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 , divorced ) Mariya Muhammad Rufai ( divorced )
- Relatives
- Alhassan Dantata (great-grandfather), Sani Dangote (brother)
- Awards
- Full list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Kano (city)
- Occupation
- chief executive officer
- Position held
- director
- Employer
- Dangote Group
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Hausa
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- Order of the Nigeria
- Field of work
- director
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Official website
- www.dangote-group.com
- Image
- Al Shabani at the acquisition of Dangote Cement by ICD in 2014 (cropped).jpg
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- ethnic group
- Hausa people
- date of birth
- 1957-04-10
- net worth
- 10400000000
- Commons category
- Aliko Dangote
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- social media followers
- 1049239
- affiliation string
- Dangote Industries Limited
- affiliation
- Dangote Group
- name in native language
- Aliko Mohammad Dangote
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Encyclopedic overview
Aliko Mohammad Dangote GCON (Listen; born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman known for his key roles in Dangote Group and Dangote Refinery. In 2011, he was appointed as member of the economic management team by President Goodluck Jonathan. As of May 2026, Dangote is the 62nd wealthiest individual in the world, the wealthiest black individual and the wealthiest individual in Africa, with a net worth estimated at over US$36.8 billion per Bloomberg.
In 1977, Dangote founded the Dangote Group, a small company that traded commodities; importing sugar, salt, and food products. In 1981, he founded Dangote Nigeria Limited and Blue Star Services; both imported rice, and bulk materials like steel and aluminum products. Following the large sales by the company, and high demand for cement, Dangote founded Dangote Cement, which faced competition from Lafarge, a French cement manufacturing company known for importing cement to African countries during that period. As of 2023, Dangote Cement has generated about $3.7 billion in revenue, and Dangote Sugar Refinery has been ranked as one of the largest sugar producers in Nigeria and Africa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aliko Dangote” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.