Forbes List of Black Billionaires Includes Oprah, Tyler Perry

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Oprah Winfrey

*There are nearly 3000 billionaires in the world (precisely 2,755) and 14 are Black, according to Forbes.

Eight Americans are on Forbes’ 2022 list of billionaires and two of the fourteen Black billionaires are women.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has dissected the list to highlight these Black ballers and their industries. Check out the (edited) list below courtesy of the publication. 

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Robert F Smith – GettyImages

1. Aliko Dangote: $14 billion

Africa’s richest man owns nearly 88 percent of publicly-traded Dangote Cement. He also owns stakes in publicly-traded salt, sugar and flour manufacturing companies.

2. Mike Adenuga: $7.3 billion

Adenuga, Nigeria’s second-richest man built his fortune in telecom and oil production.

3. Abdulsamad Rabiu: $6.9 billion

Rabiu is the founder of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate with interests in sugar refining, cement production, real estate, steel, port concessions, manufacturing, oil, gas and shipping.

4. Robert F. Smith: $6.7 billion

Smith made his fortune through the private equity firm, Vista Equity Partners, which he founded in 2000.

  1. David Steward: $5.8 billion

Steward is co-founder and chairman of World Wide Technology, an $11.2 billion IT provider whose customers include Citi, Verizon and the federal government.

6. Patrice Motsepe: $3.3 billion

Motsepe became a billionaire in 2008 as founder and chairman of African Rainbow Minerals.

7. Strive Masiyiwa: $3 billion

Masiyiwa “overcame protracted government opposition to launch mobile phone network Econet Wireless Zimbabwe in his country of birth in 1998,” according to Forbes. 

  1. Oprah Winfrey: $2.6 billion

In addition to the media, entertainment and business empire she’s built, Winfrey owns shares in Weight Watchers and has a partnership with Apple. 

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 NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan (Photo by Sean Gardner/23XI Racing via Getty Images)
  1. Michael Jordan: $1.7 billion

NBA great Jordan still has sponsorship deals with Hanes, Gatorade and Upper Deck 19 years after retiring from basketball.

10. Alex Karp: $1.1 billion

Karp is the co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies.

11. Michael Lee-Chin: $2 billion

A native of Jamaica, Lee-Chin made his fortune investing in National Commercial Bank Jamaica, AIC Limited and other companies.

12. Rihanna: $1.7 billion

Rihanna has a projected net worth of $1.4 billion due to her ever-expanding Fenty empire

  1. Jay-Z: $1.4 billion

Jay-Z became Hip-Hop’s first proven and viable billionaire, thanks to what Forbes called a “sprawling and diverse empire.”

14. Tyler Perry: $1 billion

The media mogul owns Tyler Perry Studios, located in the heart of Atlanta.

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