South Africa’s Johann Rupert has taken over as Africa’s wealthiest man, surpassing Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote. Bloomberg Billionaires Index data reveals.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. Details about the calculations are provided in the net worth analysis on each billionaire’s profile page. The figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York.
Bloomberg published it’s latest list with Johann Rupert & Family placing at the 147th position, with $14.1B networth and being the only Afrifan in the top 150 list. Aliko Dangote however places 158th on the list with a $13.4B networth .
Here’s a list of the first 150 richest people on the planet..
51
Jack Ma
$33.3B
52
Vladimir Potanin
$32.3B
53
Eric Schmidt
$32.1B
54
Miriam Adelson
$32.1B
55
Colin Huang
$31.4B
56
Iris Fontbona & family
$31.2B
57
Li Ka-shing
$30.1B
58
He Xiangjian
$30.0B
59
Dilip Shanghvi
$29.7B
60
Azim Premji
$29.7B
61
Changpeng Zhao
$29.0B
62
L Vagit Alekperov
$28.3B
63
Ernesto Bertarelli & family
$28.2B
64
Eduardo Saverin
$28.1B
65
Susanne Klatten
$27.7B
66
Zeng Yuqun
$27.7B
67
Takemitsu Takizaki
$27.6B
68
Vladimir Lisin
$27.6B
69
Alexey Mordashov
$26.5B
70
Gianluigi Aponte
$26.3B
71
William Ding
$26.1B
72
Elaine Marshall
$25.7B
73
Leonid Mikhelson
$25.5B
74
Reinhold Wuerth
$25.3B
75
Eyal Ofer
$25.1B
76
Dustin Moskovitz
$25.1B
77
Low Tuck Kwong
$25.0B
78
Budi Hartono
$25.0B
79
Francois Pinault
$25.0B
80
Sunil Mittal
$24.6B
81
Jorge Paulo Lemann
$24.6B
82
Michael Hartono
$24.0B
83
Andrey Melnichenko
$23.9B
84
Hasso Plattner
$23.9B
85
Andrew Forrest
$23.6B
86
Lee Shau Kee
$23.5B
87
Radhakishan Damani
$23.3B
88
John Menard
$23.2B
89
Stefan Quandt
$23.1B
90
Kumar Birla
$22.4B
91
Mark Mateschitz
$22.1B
92
Xu Yangtian
$21.5B
93
Vicky Safra
$21.3B
94
David Tepper
$21.2B
95
Cyrus Poonawalla
$20.8B
96
Lakshmi Mittal
$20.5B
97
Idan Ofer
$20.5B
98
Stan Kroenke
$20.4B
99
Sherry Brydson
$20.3B
100
Andy Bechtolsheim
$20.3B
101
Gina Rinehart
$19.7B
102
Philip Anschutz
$19.6B
103
James Dyson
$19.5B
104
Stefan Persson
$19.1B
105
Harry Triguboff
$18.7B
106
Henry Cheng
$18.3B
107
K P Singh
$18.3B
108
Wang Chuan-Fu
$18.3B
109
Mikhail Prokhorov
$18.1B
110
Zhang Bo
$17.6B
111
George Roberts
$17.5B
112
Donald Bren
$17.4B
113
Jeffery Hildebrand
$17.3B
114
Robert Kuok
$17.1B
115
Lei Jun
$17.1B
116
Manuel Villar
$17.1B
117
Jan Koum
$17.1B
118
Zhang Zhidong
$17.1B
119
Ravi Jaipuria
$16.9B
120
Henry Samueli
$16.9B
121
Leonard Lauder
$16.8B
122
Henry Kravis
$16.8B
123
Ray Dalio
$16.4B
124
Judy Love
$16.3B
125
David Sun
$16.3B
126
John Tu
$16.3B
127
Harold Hamm
$16.3B
128
Donald Newhouse
$16.2B
129
Dave Duffield
$16.2B
130
Jim Ratcliffe
$16.1B
131
Alwaleed Bin Talal
$15.9B
132
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
$15.7B
133
Masayoshi Son
$15.7B
134
Alisher Usmanov
$15.5B
135
Christy Walton
$15.4B
136
Dietmar Hopp
$15.0B
137
Steve Cohen
$14.7B
138
Leon Black
$14.6B
139
Thomas Struengmann
$14.4B
140
Andreas Struengmann
$14.4B
141
Karl Albrecht Jr
$14.3B
142
Beate Heister
$14.3B
143
Alejandro Santo Domingo & family
$14.2B
144
Uday Kotak
$14.2B
145
Charles Butt & family
$14.2B
146
Jerry Jones
$14.2B
147
Johann Rupert & family
$14.1B
148
David Velez
$14.1B
149
Liu Yongxing
$14.1B
150
Mikhail Fridman
$14.0B
