Richest Nigerian Business entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote GCON celebrate his 62nd birthday today
Born Aliko Dangote, an ethnic Hausa Muslim from Kano, kano State was born on 10th of April 1957 Into a weathly Muslim Family.
Dangote is ranked Forbes magazine as the 100th-richest person in the world.
Dangote has said:
I can remember when I was in primary school, I would go and buy cartons of sweets [candy] and I would start selling them just to make money. I was so interested in business, even at that time.
Dangote was educated at the Sheikh Ali Kumasi Madrasa, followed by Capital High School, Kano. He has a bachelor’s degree in business studies and administration from Al-Azhar University, Cairo.