It all started with a pack of sweets…
1. Aliko Dangote was born on the 10th of April 1957 to Mariya Dantata and Mohammed Dangote, but he grew up with his maternal grandfather, Sanusi Dantata.
2. Even though Aliko was born into a wealthy family, he was enterprising as a little lad. He would buy packs of sweet and sell them to make some money.
3. Forbes ranks him as the richest man in Africa and the 67th richest person in the world.
4. The Dangote group was established as a small trading firm in 1977, but today it is a multi-trillion Naira conglomerate with many of its operations in Benin, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria. It is the largest industrial group in Nigeria.
5. In 2009 Dangote was honoured as the leading provider of employment in the construction industry of Nigeria.
6. The Dangote group is the main supplier of sugar to soft drinks and confectionaries companies as well as breweries in Nigeria, supplying about 70% of the total market’s use.
7. Aliko Dangote is a serial monogamist- he doesn’t keep more than one woman at a time. He’s been married four times, divorced three times and he has 15 children.
8. He has escaped death by plane crash three times. First in 1983, in 1996 which caused his brother his life and 2008 aboard a one way flight to Angola.
9. Aliko Dangote was named as Forbes Africa Person of the year in 2014.
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