A wave of online chatter erupted this week after reports suggested that Aliko Dangote, Africas richest man, had crossed the 30 billion mark for the first time. The buzz came after Bloombergs Billionaires Index placed his fortune at 30.5 billion.
But Forbes real-time ranking offered a more conservative estimate, pegging the Nigerian industrialists wealth at 26.1 billionabout 3.9 billion shy of that milestone. The gap stems from differences in how the two outlets value private assets and listed holdings.
Bloomberg, Forbes differ on Dangotes net worth