Black Billionaire Profiles
This is a list of black billionaires from around the world. Robert Johnson and Michael Lee-Chin were the first black people to be listed on Forbes magazines annual ranking of the World's Billionaires in 2001. Forbes mistakenly listed Mr. Johnson as the only black billionaire not recognizing Mr. Lee-Chin as being black. On its 2007 The World's Billionaires list Forbes now list six black billionaires, three in Africa and three in North America.
Company: The Dangote Group
Position: Chairman, President
Industry: Manufacturing
Country: Nigeria
Born: Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1951
Company: AIC Limited
Position: Founder, Executive Chairman
Industry: Financial Services
Country: Canada
Born: 1946, Dessie, Ethiopia
Company: Corral Petroleum Holdings, MIDROC Ethiopia
Position: Chairman
Industry: Petroleum,
Country: Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia
Born: January 29, 1954
Company: Harpo Inc.,
Position: Chairman
Industry: Media
Country: United States
Born: January, 28, 1962, Johannesburg
Company: African Rainbow Minerals Limited
Position: Chairman
Industry: Mining
Country: South Africa
Date of Birth: April 8, 1946, in Hickory, Mississippi.
Education: University of Illinois, BA, 1968; Princeton University, MPA, 1972.
Company: The RLJ Company
Position: Founder, CEO
Industry: Real Estate, Hospitality,...
