Top billionaires in Hausa land

Hausa ethnic group is one of three (3 largest ethnic groups in Nigeria. Most of the top richest men in Nigeria are from the northern region of the country.

Though there is this misconception that the Northerner business is only politics, that isn’t true, the men in the Northern region of the country are into business especially farming in large quantities. The north supplies most of the food in the country and even move to neighbouring countries to sell their produce.

RNN will be listing the top Billionaires from the North.

ALIKO DANGOTE

Alhaji Aliko Dangote is known as the richest man in Nigeria, not only in Nigeria, he is also the richest man in Africa as of the time we published this post. He is the richest Hausa/Fulani man and he made it on Forbes Number 19 Richest Billionaires list in the world.

Aliko Dangote is from Kano, Kano State. He was born on the 10th of April, 1957. Meaning that Dangote is the richest man in Kano state.

Dangote was privileged to be born into a wealthy home. He is the great-grandson of Alhaji Alhassan Dantata, the man who was the richest in West Africa before his death in 1955.

Dangote is into cement production, telecommunication, transport, sugar production, salt, agro sacks, oil refining, real estate, petrochemicals, and the rest of them.

Net Worth- $ 10.4 billion

ABDULSAMAD RABIU

Abdulsamad Rabiu is the second richest man in the Northern part of Nigeria and also he is the 3rd richest man in Nigeria and according to Forbes he made it on the 16th spot of the richest men in Africa.

Abdulsamad Rabiu is the founder and CEO of BUA, a conglomerate that is into agriculture, logistics, manufacturing, infrastructure, and port operations. Mr Rabiu is also the chairman of the Nigerian Bank of Industry.

Abdulsamad Rabiu was born on 4th August 1960 in Kano State.

Abdulsamad Rabiu studied in Kano State during his early days. He studied Economics from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, the USA where he bagged a bachelor’s degree.

Net Worth- $ 2.6 billion (Forbes 2020)

GENERAL THEOPHILUS DANJUMA

Theophilus Danjuma is the 3rd richest northerner, he is also among the richest men in Nigeria and also in Africa.

Theophilus Danjuma is the current Chairman of SAPETRO, he was once the chief of Army staff and minister of defence during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Danjuma later retired as a General from the Nigerian Army.

Danjuma was born in Takum, Taraba State, Nigeria.

He was Chief of Army Staff from July 1975 to October 1979.

Net Worth- $ 1.5 billion

MOHAMMED INDIMI

Mohammed Indimi OFR is a Nigerian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of Oriental Energy Resources, a privately-held Nigerian oil exploration and production company

Mohammed Indimi was born on August 12, 1947, in Maiduguri.

Indimi was not born in a wealthy home, meaning he must have worked extra hard to become one of the most successful businessmen in Nigeria.

He earned numerous awards from universities in Nigeria, the United States, and Ireland.

Net Worth- $ 450 million

SAYYU DANTATA

Dantata made the 5th position on the list of the richest men in Northern Nigeria. He is the Director of Engineering and Transport of the Dangote Group and the Founder of MRS Holdings Ltd.

He studied mechanical engineering at Morris Brown College Atlanta – Georgia, the USA where he bagged a bachelor’s degree.

MRS Holdings deals with Oil and Gas exploration and production.

Net Worth- $ 300 million