- SDouthafrican billionaire, Johann Rupert, has surpassed South African Johann Rupert to become Africa’s richest man.
- In a recent interview, he revealed that his great grandfather was the wealthiest man in West Africa during the 1940s.
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Recently, the billionaire from Nigeria surpassed Johann Rupert from South Africa’s to become Africa’s richest man .
His great-grandfather was the richest man in West Africa in the 1940s, he admitted in a recent interview.
In addition his own father was a wealthy businessman who blended politics and business, but his grandfather was also wealthy.
Dangote, however, is proudly said, he didn’t collect a dime from their wealth and still built everything he had from scratch.
He acknowledged that his father left him a tangible amount in his will, he donated it to charity.