Nigerian oil tycoon, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, is now the richest black woman in the world with an estimated fortune of $7.3 billion.
Mother of four, Alakija, 62, unseats Winfrey as the richest black woman in the world.
According to Forbes, Oprah Winfrey is worth $2.9 billion. Africa boasts 55 billionaires and they’re worth a staggering $143.88 billion in total, according to pan-African magazine Ventures Africa.
Alakija started her career as a secretary in a bank in the mid 1970s. She then studied fashion in London and returned to Nigeria to start a label, Supreme Stitches. But her biggest break came in oil. In 1993, her company, Famfa Oil, was awarded an oil prospecting licence, which later became OML 127, one of Nigeria’s most prolific oil blocks.
The company owns a 60-per-cent stake in the block, valued at around $7.3 billion, Ventures Africa has reported.
In a related development, The Richest Black Woman recently stepped out with her husband and family for Christmas Church Service At CMS Cathedral church in Lagos on 25th December
Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija was with her Husband, Modupe ; Ladi Alakija and his wife Lolade Cardoso-Alakija who carried their son; Dele Alakija; Folarin Alakija; and Rotimi Alakija.
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