Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
ranks richest man The world is dominated by elites from the United States (US) such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, to Bill Gates. However, not many people know, in fact, many of the richest people come from people muslim in various countries.
Like from Nigeria, India, to Indonesia. The conglomerate comes from a variety of industries spanning many sectors.
Naturally, if they managed to occupy the position of the richest people in the world. Forbes, a magazine from the US, has also recorded the names of Muslims who have assets of up to billions of US dollars.
So, who are the Muslims who inhabit the ranks? Here’s the review.
1. Aliko Dangote
Reported by Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Tuesday (26/4), CEO of Dangote Group Aliko Dangote is the richest Muslim man in Africa with a wealth of US $ 14.5 billion or equivalent to Rp. 209 trillion (exchange rate of Rp. 14,432 per US dollar).
The man with Nigerian citizenship is now in the top two hundred, or to be precise, the 130th richest person in the world.
The source of his wealth is the Dangote Cement cement business. This company is also the largest cement company in Africa with a production of 48.6 million tons of cement per year, and controls the cement market share of up to 85 percent.
Dangote has also expanded its business into fertilizer products, which was only started in the middle of last year. In addition, he also built an oil refinery called Dangote Refinery which is claimed to be the largest in the world.
2. Azim Premji
Azim Premji is a Muslim from Gujarat, India, who has a wealth of up to US $ 9.5 billion or equivalent to Rp. 137 trillion.
Azim is the founder of Wipro, a software company that has become one of the largest software players in India. Previously, he had studied at Stanford University, USA, but had to run aground after his father died.
The company even has an innovation center in Silicon Valley and focuses on developing new technologies and collaborating with start-ups there. Currently, Wipro is at the helm of his son, Rishad Premji.
With such a fortune, Azim Premji occupies the position of the 206th richest person in the world and 18th in India.
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