Gboah.com: Meet The Top 20 Richest Men In Nigeria 2017 And Their Worth....See

Below is the list of the top twenty richest men and entrepreneur in Nigeria and what they are worth..

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1.Aliko Dangote ($25.7 Billion):The C.E.O of Dangote group of companies.The company deals with mining,steel,petroleum and cement.Its operating system are spread out across the shores of Africa in countries such as Zambia, Cameroon, Ghana, Togo, South Africa, and Benin.

2.Mike Adenuga ($8 Billion):The Nigerian billionaire business mogul got his wealth from the telecommunications sector and oil industry. He is the founder of the 2nd largest cellular phone company in Nigeria, Glo. The mobile network company has over 24 million users in Nigeria, and operates in Benin.

3.Arthur Eze ($5.7 Billion):is the founder, owner and Chairman of Atlas Petroleum International Ltd. A West African oil exploration company. With at least 36 oil acreage, it is the largest holder of oil exploration blocks in Africa.

4.Cletus Ibeto ($3.7 Billion):His interests span automobile spare parts, cement production, energy, hospitality, petrochemicals, and real estate. He also runs several hotels across Nigeria under the Ibeto Hospitality brand.

5.Theophilus Danjuma ($2.8 Billion):The billionaire started off as a marine having served in the Nigerian Army. He also dashed into politics where he served as a Minister of Defense under President Obasanjo. Mr. Danjuma is the chairman of SAPETRO (South Atlantic Petroleum), a Nigerian upstream oil and gas production.

6.Tony Elumelu ($2.7 Billion):He is the Chief executive and also the Group managing director of United Bank of Africa (UBA).He is a director at Standard Global Services Ltd, and ADIC and also the chairman of Standard Alliance Insurance, Verticom Wireless, STB capital markets, as well as Flame Petroleum and Gas Limited.

7.Benedict Peters ($2.6 Billion):The founder and vice chairman of Aiteo Group.Benedict Peters is listed as the 17th richest person in Africa, with a net worth of approximately $2.6 billion.

8..Jim Ovia ($2.5 Billion)::He is the founder of Zenith bank, the second largest company in Nigeria. Zenith bank has its headquarters in Victoria Island, Nigeria. The Bank has got it branches in Ghana, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and The UK.

9.Orji-Uzor Kalu ($2.3 Billion):Orji Uzor Kalu is the C.E.O of SLOK Holding, the Daily Sun and New Telegraph newspapers in Nigeria, he served as the governor of Abia State, Nigeria from May 29, 1999, to May 29, 2007. Slok is a $2.5 billion (annual revenues) West African conglomerate with interests in shipping, banking, oil trading, manufacturing and the media.

10.Igho Sanomi ($1.3 Billion)Igho,Nigeria's youngest billionaire is the founder and CEO of Taleveras Group, a Nigerian energy, power, construction and trading conglomerate with an annual revenue of over $3.5 billion. He has business interests in oil, telecommunications, maritime, aviation and real estates.