Nigerian oil tycoon, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, is now the
richest black woman in the world with an estimated fortune of $7.3 billion.
Mother of four,
Alakija, 62, unseats Winfrey as the richest black woman in the world.
According to
Forbes, Oprah Winfrey is worth $2.9 billion.
Alakija started her
career as a secretary in a bank in the mid 1970s. She then studied fashion in
London and returned to Nigeria to start a label, Supreme Stitches. But her
biggest break came in oil.
In
1993, her company, Famfa Oil, was awarded an oil prospecting licence, which
later became OML 127, one of Nigeria’s most prolific oil blocks.
The company owns a 60-per-cent stake in the block, valued at around $7.3 billion, Ventures Africa has reported.
The company owns a 60-per-cent stake in the block, valued at around $7.3 billion, Ventures Africa has reported.
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