Meet The 10 Top Richest Men And Women In The World And 10 Top Richest Men And Women In African As At June 2020

10 Richest Men And Women on Earth

1. Jeff Bezos, $178.4bn

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American internet entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, and investor. He is best known as the founder, CEO, and president of the multi-national technology company Amazon. The former hedge fund manager turned online book seller started Amazon in his garage in 1994. Bezos has invested heavily in space technology and also owns The Washington Post newspaper.

2. Bernard Arnault & family, $113.4bn

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault is a French billionaire businessman and art collector. He is the chairman and chief executive of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, LVMH, the world's largest luxury-goods company. In April 2018, he became the 4th richest man on earth.

Arnault is the wealthiest European on the list. The Frenchman oversees an empire of more than 60 brands including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. And he recently overtook Bill Gates to become the second richest man on the planet.

3. Bill Gates, $111.8bn 

William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. Permanent fixture at the top end of Forbes’ list for the past 20 years, the Microsoft founder has sold or given away much of his stake in the company – he owns just 1% of Microsoft – and now focuses predominantly on his philanthropic work. He now maintain number 3 richest man in world.

4. Mark Zuckerberg, $89.6bn

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding Facebook, Inc. and serves as its chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder. Zuckerberg famously started Facebook in 2004 at the age of 19 and now is among the top five richest men in the world.

5. Larry Ellison, $73.4bn

Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist who is a co-founder and the executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation

Co-founder of software firm Oracle, Ellison stepped down as CEO in 2014 but still serves as chairman of the board and chief technology officer.

6. Warren Buffett, $72.6bn

Warren Edward Buffett is an American investor, business tycoon, and philanthropist, who is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is considered one of the most successful investors in the world and has a net worth of US$72.6 billion as of 2020

Now in his ninth decade, the Berkshire Hathaway chief executive, known as the “Oracle of Omagh” is one of the most successful investors of all time. Like Gates he has pledged to give away more than 99% of his fortune to charity.

7. Amancio Ortega, $62.9bn

Amancio Ortega Gaona is a Spanish billionaire businessman. He is the founder and former chairman of Inditex fashion group, best known for its chain of Zara clothing and accessories shops

Ortega stepped down as chairman of Inditex, known for its Zara brand, in 2011 but he still owns nearly 60% of its shares.

8. Jim Walton, $58bn

James Carr Walton is an heir to the fortune of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. As of March 2020, Walton was the 8th-richest person in the world. He is the youngest son of Sam Walton

The youngest son of the founder of Walmart, he remains the richest member of the Walton family largely due to a reported 44% stake in Arvest Bank.

9. Alice Walton $57.8bn

Alice Louise Walton is an American heiress to the fortune of Walmart Inc. She is the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and sister of S. Robson Walton, Jim Walton and the late John T. Walton.

The younger sister of Jim Walton and Walmart founder Sam Walton’s only daughter, Alice is now the world’s richest woman.

10. Rob Walton, $57.5bn

Samuel Robson "Rob" Walton is an heir to the fortune of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. He is the eldest son of Helen Walton and Sam Walton. He served as Chairman of Walmart from 1992 to 2015. As of March 2020, Walton had a net worth of $57.5 billions.

The third and final Walton to make the top 10 list, Rob Walton was chairman of Walmart's board of directors from 1992-2015, after which he retired. Rob and his siblings together own around half of Walmart’s stock.

10 Richest Men And Women in Africa

1. Aliko Dangote (Nigeria) – Net worth of $7.7billion. The richest man in Nigeria and Africa

Alhaji Aliko Dangote GCON is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist who is the founder and chairman of Dangote Group, an industrial conglomerate in Africa.

He has an estimated net worth of US$7.7 billion, as of May 29, 2020 making him the 162nd

He has maintained the number one position for almost a decade. The Nigerian tycoon is the chairman and founder of the Dangote Group, the parent company of Dangote group of Companies. There are also other subsidiaries that produce flour, sugar, salt, and tomato paste. As the shareholder of over 87% of the company's shares, he amasses the most wealth. He used to be worth about 5 trillion naira 3 years ago.

The richest man of Africa drives some of the most expensive cars in the world, including a Bugatti Veyron ($2.2million), a Maybach 57S Knight Luxury ($1million) and a Bentley Mulsanne ($310,000).

2. Nicky Oppenheimer & family (South Africa) - Net worth of $7.6 billion. The Second richest man in Africa

Nicholas F. Oppenheimer is a South African billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He was formerly the chairman of De Beers diamond mining company and of its subsidiary, the Diamond Trading Company, and former deputy chairman of Anglo...

The Oppenheimer family is known to control a huge part of South Africas wealth. The heir to the family's wealth, Nicky Oppenheimer, once had a 40% stake in DeBeers, South Africas main diamond mining firm. In mid-2012, the shares were bought for more than 1.8 trillion naira by Anglo American. But what many people don't know is that Nicky actually has a 1 percent stake in the same company he sold the shares to. A company founded in 1917 by his granddad. See? Money revolves in the family.

Nicky and his siblings own private jets, yachts, the latest Mercedes Benz Mclaren, and a 75 miillion naira BMW i3 EV.

3. Issad Rebrab (Algeria) - Net worth of $6.7billion.

Issad Rebrab, is an Algerian billionaire businessman, CEO of the Cevital industrial group, the largest private company in Algeria, active in steel, food, agribusiness and electronics. In 2020, he was sentenced to six months for tax, banking and...

Cevital, the biggest private company in Algeria is owned by Issad Rebrab and family. He founded the company that owns Groupe Brandt (a French appliance manufacturer), a water purification company in Germany, and a steel mill in Italy. Issad Rebrab is listed in Forbes' list of 5 Algerian multi-millionaires. All five of his children are employed by the company and they are planning on expanding production in Brazil.

Issad owns various cars like the BMW X series and a Bentley.

4. Nassef Sawiris (Egypt) - Net worth of $6.5 billion

Nassef Onsi Sawiris Egyptian Arabic: ناصف أنسى ساويرس‎; born in 1961 is an Egyptian billionaire businessman, the youngest of Onsi Sawiris' three sons. As of April 2019, his net worth was estimated to be $7.5 billion, and the fourth richest African... In 2020 his net worth goes down but yet he maintained to 4th position.

The Sawiris family is the wealthiest in the whole of Egypt. But the notable names in the family are Nassef and Naguib. Nassef Sawiris is head of the OCI arm of the Orascom group. That division prides itself as the largest producer of nitrogen fertilizers in the world. They have factories in Iowa and Texas, United States of America. OCI is listed on Amsterdam stock exchange.

Nassef Sawiris drives some of the best cars in Egypt and Dubai like the 2019 Audi Q5.

5. Mike Adenuga (Nigeria) - Net worth of $5.8 billion the second richest man in Nigeria

Chief Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr, GCON is a Nigerian billionaire businessman, and was the third richest person in Africa before now. His company Globacom is Nigeria's second-largest telecom operator, which has a presence in Ghana and Benin

The owner and chairman of the 2nd largest telecommunications operator in Nigeria, Globacom (GLO), is the 2nd richest man in Nigeria and now fifth in Africa as a whole. Sadly, he dropped from number 2 from the top 10 richest men in Africa 2019 to land at number 5 this year.

Mike Adenuga had made a name for himself in the past in the oil sector. He owns Conoil filling station and over 5 oil blocks in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta region. He used to be a cab driver in the US while studying for his master's in business administration in New York. He is married and is father to controversial businessman Paddy Adenuga.

Mike Adenuga owns a private jet and drives a 35 million naira Bentley Continental GT, a Mercedes AMG G63 among other expensive cars. Among Mike Adenuga's cars, he also has a Rolls-Royce to join the league of celebrities.

6. Johann Rupert & family (South Africa)- Net worth of  $5.5 billion

Johann Peter Rupert is a South African-born entrepreneur, who is the eldest son of business tycoon Anton Rupert and his wife Huberte. He is the chairman of the Swiss-based luxury-goods company Richemont and the South Africa-based company Remgro.

Anton Rupert founded the Rembrandt group in the mid-1940s in Switzerland. The company is known for making some of the world's most expensive luxury items. After a split, Anton's son, Johann Rupert became chairman of the Compagnie Financiere Richemont division, the parent company of Mont Blanc and Cartier. He also has a stake in Remgro the other split half. He is one of the richest South Africans alive and is against the oil exploration going on in his hometown, Karoo in South Africa.

Johann is also a lover of cars as he drives an 85 million naira Ferrari Lusso GT, a Porsche Cayenne, and over 185 other vintage cars in his private museum.

7. Mohamed Mansour (Egypt) - Net worth of $3.3 billion

Mohamed Mansour is an Egyptian billionaire businessman and former politician. He is the chairman of Mansour Group, a US$6 billion conglomerate that is the second largest company in Egypt by revenue. In November 2019, Forbes estimated his wealth at...

Mansour founded the Mansour group in 1952. He died about 25 years later and left a chunk of the stake for his son, Mohamed Mansour. The company now employs more than 58,000 workers and was pioneer distributor of General Motors cars in Egypt years after it became the biggest distributor of the brand's cars in the world. Mohammed's brothers, Youssef and Yasseen are also billionaires but Mohammed is richer. He also drives the best cars.

8. Naguib Sawiris (Egypt) - Net worth of $3 billion.

Naguib Onsi Sawiris is an Egyptian billionaire businessman. Sawiris is chairman of Weather Investments's parent company, and chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding. 

You might have read in this post, about Nassef at number 4 on our list of top 10 richest men in Africa and their cars? Well, Naguib Sawiris is his brother. He sold the telecommunications division of their company to Vimpelcom, a Russian firm in 2011 for trillions of naira. But he still has stakes in gold mining companies like Golden stay, Endeavour Mining, and Evolution mining. Naguib Sawiris ranks #680 among the world's 700 richest people.

Naguib Sawiris owns a yacht, 50 million naira Range Rover Sport and other fancy automobiles.

9. Patrice Motsepe (South Africa) - Net worth of $2.1 billion.

Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe is a South African mining billionaire businessman of Tswana descent. He is the founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, which has interests in gold, ferrous metals, base metals, and platinum.

Patrice Motsepe owns the company called African Rainbow Minerals is popular for mining gold in South Africa and he's also the owner of the famous Mamelodi sundowns football club.

Patrice Motsepe is married with kids and drives a wide range of fancy cars like the 35 million naira Bentley Continental GT, Mercedes Benz S65 AMG, 24 million naira BMW 760 Li and Bugatti.

10. Isabel dos Santos (Angola) - Net worth of $1.7 billion ~ ₦587 billion

Isabel dos Santos is an Angolan businesswoman, Africa's richest woman and the eldest child of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country from 1979 to 2017. In 2013, according to Forbes, her net worth had exceeded US$2. However, her net worth decreasing, now stand at $1.7 billions

Even though many people argue that Isabel dos Santos got her wealth as a result of her father's dictatorship, it still doesn't make her poor. She was the head of Angola's oil organization, Sonangol. She stepped down in 2017 when a new president took over from her dad who has been in power for decades. She also has shares in companies in Portugal and around the world. She is the only woman that make the list of 10th richest persons in Africa. Congratulations.

Isabel dos Santos is also a lover of luxury cars and drives a Range Rover, a 25 million naira Mercedes Benz C Class, and owns a yacht known as the Hayken.

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