Netizens Expresses Reactions And Doubts: Aliko Dangote Now Number One Richest Black Man In The World,Tops Forbes List Of Black Billionaires In 2025 – SIXT-MEDIA LANE
Netizens Expresses Reactions And Doubts as Aliko Dangote Now Number One Richest Black Man In The World,Tops Forbes List Of Black Billionaires In 2025 , below are some of the reactions :
How does Forbes determine these things? I am 100% certain that these people didn’t disclose their earnings to anyone because rich people, probably because of safety concerns, don’t like discussing their wealth.
Given what the media has made us believe, there are people who are by far richer than these folks who made the list but they are silent kingmakers who don’t want the world to know them. We have been told they are the biggest problems in our world undecided
Forbes’ billionaire lists are not as transparent as they look, but they do have a formula. The key is verifiable wealth.
1. Source of Wealth Must Be Traceable
• To make the list, a person’s wealth has to be linked to something measurable: stock holdings, real estate, dividends, company valuations. Rumors, whispers, or “we all know he’s rich” don’t count.
2. Public Listings Help
• Most Africans who appear on Forbes have publicly listed businesses (e.g., Dangote Cement). This makes their stakes and market value easy to calculate. If your empire is hidden in shell companies, private oil wells, or unlisted mines, it won’t show up.
3. Americans Are Easier to Track
• In the U.S., people file taxes, disclose assets, and many companies are public. Even private billionaires often have some paper trail — real estate, investment funds, or company valuations that leak into the open.
4. The Invisible Billionaires
• Yes, there are African power brokers, ex-military rulers, politicians, and private resource owners with fortunes bigger than Forbes’ poster boys. But they stay off the radar. Why? Their wealth often comes from embezzlement, looting, state capture, and opaque deals. That kind of money isn’t counted because it’s deliberately hidden — sometimes offshore, sometimes in proxies’ names.
5. The Dangote Illusion
• To assume Dangote is the richest black man alive is naïve. He is simply the most visible, measurable, and “presentable” for global media. Nigeria alone has shadow figures with deeper vaults, but because their cash pipelines are rooted in corruption and secrecy, they will never be Forbes-approvedions
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