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Black billionaires are individuals who are of predominantly African ancestry with a net worth of at least US$1 billion.

Nigerian business magnate Aliko Dangote had a net worth of US$28.3 billion and was the world's richest black man, according to the 2025 ranking of the world's billionaires by Forbes Real Time Billionaires and Bloomberg Billionaires Index. {{cite news |last1=Dolan |first1=Kerry |last2=Wang |first2=Jennifer |last3=Peterson-Withorn |first3=Chase |title=Forbes World's Billionaires List: The Richest in 2025 |url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=Forbes}}

Other billionaires of African descent on the 2025 Forbes list included Nigerian businessman Mike Adenuga with $7.1 billion, American investor Robert Smith with $12.0 billion, American businessman David Steward with $12.8 billion, American media mogul Oprah Winfrey with $3.7 billion, South African gold magnate Patrice Motsepe with $3.2 billion, Zimbabwe Strive Masiyiwa with $3.1 billion, Barbadian music artist/entrepreneur Rihanna with $1.9 billion,{{Cite web|last=Berg|first=Madeline|title=Fenty's Fortune: Rihanna Is Now Officially A Billionaire|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2021/08/04/fentys-fortune-rihanna-is-now-officially-a-billionaire/|access-date=2021-12-26|website=Forbes|language=en}} American rapper Jay-Z with $2.5 billion, American rapper Kanye West with $2.7 billion, sports executive Michael Jordan with $3.5 billion, Jamaican-Canadian businessman Michael Lee-Chin with $1.6 billion, Nigerian businessman Abdul Samad Rabiu with $7.6 billion, Nigerian businesswoman Folorunsho Alakija with $1.1 billion, Mo Ibrahim of the United Kingdom with $1.4 billion, American athlete Tiger Woods with $1 billion, American media mogul Tyler Perry with $1 billion, and American professional basketball Player Lebron James with $1.2 billion.{{cite web |last1=Nsehe |first1=Mfonobong |title=The Black Billionaires 2019 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2019/03/05/the-black-billionaires-2019/ |website=Forbes}}

From 2001 to 2003, Forbes listed American television network executive Bob Johnson as a billionaire,{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/1008/042.html | title=The Cable Capitalist | first=Brett | last=Pulley | date=October 8, 2001 | work=Forbes | access-date=May 11, 2006 }} but dropped him after his fortune was split in his divorce.{{cite news | url=http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/harrypotter/11614 | title=Billionaires' ranks open to 'Harry Potter' author | first=Michael P. | last=Regan | date=February 27, 2004 | access-date=May 11, 2006 | work=Arizona Daily Star | archive-date=July 19, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719075253/http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/harrypotter/11614 | url-status=dead }} He returned to the Forbes Billionaire list in 2007 with a net worth of $1.1 billion. In 2008 Johnson's wealth dropped again, this time to approximately $1.0 billion,{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Robert-Johnson_VYCO.html | work=Forbes | title=#1062 Robert Johnson | date=March 5, 2008}} and by 2009 he fell off the list again. Nigerian petroleum executive Femi Otedola briefly emerged as a billionaire in 2009 but did not remain one in subsequent years. He returned to the list in the company of a fellow Nigerian, sugar tycoon Abdul Samad Rabiu, in 2016, but both were dropped from the rankings the following year.{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/03/10/new-billionaires-worlds-richest-people-billionaires-2009-new_slide_9.html?thisSpeed=15000 | work=Forbes | first=Claire | last=Obusan | title=In Pictures: New Billionaires}} Otedola re-emerged as a billionaire in 2024.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

Multiracial billionaires with significant African ancestry have been identified over the years. Saudi Arabian billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi, of Hadhrami Yemeni and Ethiopian descent, has been on the Forbes billionaire list since 2002 and in 2025 had a net worth of $10.5 billion.{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mohammed-al-amoudi/ |title=#116 Mohammed Al Amoudi| work=Forbes}} Michael Lee-Chin of Canada, who is Jamaican of Chinese and Black ancestry, was on the list from 2001 to 2010 but dropped off in 2011.{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-lee-chin |title=Michael Lee-Chin| work=Forbes}} Isabel dos Santos is of both Angolan and Russian ancestry is worth US$4.0 billion in 2018. The net worth of Alex Karp exceeded US$12.0 billion in 2025. He is cofounder and CEO of Palantir Technologies, and has an African-American mother.{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8ea36422-2f65-4a14-93be-b7b4d38362e3 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211221247/https://www.ft.com/content/8ea36422-2f65-4a14-93be-b7b4d38362e3 |archive-date=2022-12-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Alex Karp, unconventional purveyor of powerful surveillance tools |work=Forbes |access-date=2020-10-14 }} Rihanna is of both Guyanese and Irish descent.{{Cite news|last=Spivey|first=Lisa|date=Jan 2007|title=Rihanna, The New Cover Girl|volume=72|page=B.5|newspaper=Los Angeles Sentinel|issue=23|issn=0890-4340}}{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Tim|date=October 31, 2011|title=Rihanna: Out for revenge|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/rihanna-out-revenge-2360129.html|access-date=March 28, 2021|work=The Independent}}

Of all the above-mentioned billionaires identified by Forbes, only Oprah Winfrey qualified for Forbes 2009's list of the world's 20 most powerful billionaires, a list which considered not only wealth, but also market sway and political clout. Winfrey was considered especially powerful because of her influence on American consumer choices and her pivotal role in Barack Obama's successful 2008 U.S. presidential campaign.{{Cite web|last=Bertoni|first=Steven|title=In Pictures: The World's Most Powerful Billionaires|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/12/most-powerful-people-business-billionaires_0212_rich_slide.html|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Forbes|language=en}}

List of Black billionaires

(Wealth valuations by Forbes magazine)

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Black billionaires

! Bi/Multiracial billionaires with Black ancestry

! All billionaires

2001

| 1: Bob Johnson, $1.6 billion {{flagicon|America}}

| 1: Michael Lee-Chin, $1 billion{{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2001/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2001&passListType=Person&uniqueId=7TE8&datatype=Person|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028090905/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2001/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2001&passListType=Person&uniqueId=7TE8&datatype=Person|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2006|title=Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People 2001| website=Forbes |date=October 28, 2006|access-date=October 25, 2017}}

538; Richest: Bill Gates, $114 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
2002

| 1: Bob Johnson, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

| 2:

  • Mohammad Al Amoudi, $1.5 billion {{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1.1 billion{{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2002/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2002&passListType=Person&uniqueId=7TE8&datatype=Person|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519060424/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2002/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2002&passListType=Person&uniqueId=7TE8&datatype=Person|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2008|title=Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People 2002| website=Forbes |date=May 19, 2008|access-date=October 25, 2017}}

| 497; Richest: Bill Gates, $52.8 billion{{flagicon|United States}}

2003

| 2:

  • Bob Johnson, $1.2 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Oprah Winfrey, $1 billion{{flagicon|United States}}{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2003/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2003&passListType=Person&uniqueId=O0ZT&datatype=Person|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101155118/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2003/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2003&passListType=Person&uniqueId=O0ZT&datatype=Person|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 1, 2011|title=Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People 2003| website=Forbes |date=January 1, 2011|access-date=October 25, 2017}}

|2:

  • Mohammad Al Amoudi, $1.5 billion{{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1.4 billion{{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2003/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2003&passListType=Person&uniqueId=7TE8&datatype=Person|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821195311/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2003/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2003&passListType=Person&uniqueId=7TE8&datatype=Person|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 21, 2007|title=Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People 2003| website=Forbes |date=August 21, 2007|access-date=October 25, 2017}}

| 476; Richest: Bill Gates, $40.7 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

2004

| 1: Oprah Winfrey, $1.1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

| 2:

  • Michael Lee-Chin, $2.4 billion {{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}
  • Mohammad Al Amoudi, $1.4 billion {{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=AQ88&datatype=Person|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428014940/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=AQ88&datatype=Person|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 28, 2006|title=Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People 2004| website=Forbes |date=April 28, 2006|access-date=October 25, 2017}}

| 587; Richest: Bill Gates, $46.6 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

2005

| 1: Oprah Winfrey, $1.3 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

| 2:

| 691; Richest: Bill Gates, $46.5 billion{{flagicon|United States}}

2006

| 1: Oprah Winfrey, $1.4 billion{{flagicon|United States}}

| 2:

  • Mohammad Al Amoudi, $6.9 billion {{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $2.1 billion{{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/7TE8.html | title=#365 Michael Lee-Chin|work=Forbes}}

| 793; Richest: Bill Gates, $50 billion{{flagicon|United States}}

2007

| 2:

  • Oprah Winfrey, $1.5 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Bob Johnson, $1.1 billion{{flagicon|United States}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Robert-Johnson_VYCO.html | work=Forbes | title=#840 Robert Johnson | date=March 8, 2007}}

|2:

  • Mohammad Al Amoudi, $8 billion{{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1.6 billion{{flagicon|Canada}}{{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Michael-Lee-Chin_7TE8.html | work=Forbes | title=#618 Michael Lee-Chin | date=March 8, 2007}}

| 946; Richest: Bill Gates, $56 billion{{flagicon|United States}}

2008

| 5:

  • Aliko Dangote, $3.3 billion {{flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Oprah Winfrey, $2.5 billion {{flagicon|United States}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Oprah-Winfrey_O0ZT.html | work=Forbes | title=#462 Oprah Winfrey | date=March 5, 2008}}
  • Mo Ibrahim, $2.5 billion {{flagicon|Sudan}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Mohammed-Ibrahim_IK9A.html | work=Forbes | title=#462 Mohammed Ibrahim | date=March 5, 2008}}
  • Patrice Motsepe, $2.4 billion {{flagicon|South Africa}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Patrice-Motsepe_RS9H.html | work=Forbes | title=#503 Patrice Motsepe | date=March 5, 2008}}
  • Bob Johnson, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

|2:

  • Mohammad Al Amoudi, $9 billion{{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1.8 billion{{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Michael-Lee-Chin_7TE8.html | work=Forbes | title=#677 Michael Lee-Chin | date=March 5, 2008}}

| 1,125; Richest: Warren Buffett, $62 billion{{flagicon|United States}}

2009

| 5:

|2:

  • Mohammad Al Amoudi, $9 billion{{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1 billion{{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Michael-Lee-Chin_7TE8.html | work=Forbes | title=#701 Michael Lee-Chin - The World's Billionaires 2009 | date=March 11, 2009}}

|793; Richest: Bill Gates, $40 billion{{flagicon|United States}}

2010

| 3:

|2:

  • Mohammad Al Amoudi, $10 billion{{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1 billion{{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Michael-Lee-Chin_7TE8.html | work=Forbes | title=#937 Michael Lee-Chin | date=March 10, 2010}}

| 1,011; Richest: Carlos Slim Helu & family, $53.5 billion{{Cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/10/worlds-richest-people-slim-gates-buffett-billionaires-2010_land.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918131508/http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/10/worlds-richest-people-slim-gates-buffett-billionaires-2010_land.html|url-status=dead|title=The World's Billionaires|editor-first=Luisa|editor-last=Kroll|editor-first2=Matthew|editor-last2=Miller|website=Forbes|archive-date=September 18, 2012|access-date=March 13, 2011}} {{flagicon|Mexico}}

2011

| 5:

|1: Mohammad Al Amoudi, $12.3 billion{{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}

|1,210; Richest: Carlos Slim Helu & family, $74 billion{{flagicon|Mexico}}

2012{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2012/03/07/the-black-billionaires-2012/ |title=The Black Billionaires 2012| work=Forbes |date=March 7, 2012| first=Mfonobong | last=Nsehe}}

| 5:

  • Aliko Dangote, $11.2 billion {{flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/30610.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316115034/http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/30610.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2011|title=The Nation - Are Dangote and Adenuga truly Nigeria's richest men?|date=March 16, 2011|access-date=October 25, 2017}}
  • Mike Adenuga, $4.3 billion {{flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Patrice Motsepe, $2.7 billion {{flag icon|South Africa}}
  • Oprah Winfrey, $2.7 billion{{flagicon|United States}}
  • Mo Ibrahim, $1.1 billion {{flagicon|Sudan}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mohammed-ibrahim |title=#1638 Mohammed Ibrahim| website=Forbes.com|access-date=October 25, 2017}}

|1: Mohammad Al Amoudi, $12.3 billion{{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}

|1,210; Richest: Carlos Slim Helu & family, $74 billion{{flagicon|Mexico}}

2013

| 5:

|2:

|1,426; Richest: Carlos Slim Helu & family, $73 billion{{flagicon|Mexico}}

2014

| 7:

  • Aliko Dangote, $25 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Aliko Dangote - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/aliko-dangote/?sh=2b62f8e822fc |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Mike Adenuga, $4.6 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Mike Adenuga - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mike-adenuga/?sh=5366c45d55e3 |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Oprah Winfrey, $2.9 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Patrice Motsepe, $2.9 billion {{flag icon|South Africa}}
  • Florunsho Alakija, $2.5 billion {{flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Abdul Samad Rabiu, $1.2 billion {{flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Mo Ibrahim, $1.1 billion {{flagicon|Sudan}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}

|2:

|1,645; Richest: Bill Gates, $76 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

2016

|11:

  • Aliko Dangote, $15.4 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Aliko Dangote - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/aliko-dangote/?sh=2b62f8e822fc |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Mike Adenuga, $10 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Mike Adenuga - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mike-adenuga/?sh=5366c45d55e3 |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Robert Smith, $4.4 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Oprah Winfrey, $3.1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Femi Otedola, $1.85 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Strive Masiyiwa, $1.8 billion {{flagicon|ZWE}}
  • Folorunsho Alakija, $1.55 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Patrice Motsepe, $1.15 billion {{flag icon|South Africa}}
  • Michael Jordan, $1.14 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Abdul Samad Rabiu, $1.1 billion {{flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Mo Ibrahim, $1.07 billion {{flagicon|Sudan}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2016/03/01/the-black-billionaires-2016/5/#58502ec9133b|title=The Black Billionaires 2016|last=Nsehe|first=Mfonobong|work=Forbes|access-date=July 21, 2017}}

|2:

|1,810; Richest: Bill Gates, $75 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

2019

|12:

  • Aliko Dangote, $10.4 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Aliko Dangote - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/aliko-dangote/?sh=2b62f8e822fc |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Mike Adenuga, $9.2 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Mike Adenuga - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mike-adenuga/?sh=5366c45d55e3 |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Robert Smith, $5 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • David Steward, $3.9 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Oprah Winfrey, $2.7 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Strive Masiyiwa, $2.4 billion {{flagicon|ZWE}}
  • Patrice Motsepe, $2.3 billion {{flag icon|South Africa}}
  • Michael Jordan, $1.9 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Abdul Samad Rabiu, $1.6 billion {{flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Folorunsho Alakija, $1.1 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Mo Ibrahim, $1.1 billion {{flagicon|Sudan}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
  • Jay-Z, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

|4:

  • Mohammad Al-Amoudi, $8.6 billion {{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{Flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}{{cite web |title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Mohammed Al Amoudi |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/mohammed-al-amoudi/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |website=Bloomberg |language=en}}
  • Isabel Dos Santos, $2.3 billion {{Flagicon|Angola}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1.9 billion {{flagicon|Jamaica}} {{flagicon|Canada}}
  • Alex Karp, $1.3 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

|2,153; Richest: Jeff Bezos, $110 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

2020

|14:

  • Aliko Dangote, $8.3 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Aliko Dangote - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/aliko-dangote/?sh=2b62f8e822fc |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Mike Adenuga, $5.6 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Mike Adenuga - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mike-adenuga/?sh=5366c45d55e3 |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Robert Smith, $5 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • David Steward, $4 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Abdul Samad Rabiu, $3.2 billion {{flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Oprah Winfrey, $2.7 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Strive Masiyiwa, $2.4 billion {{flagicon|ZWE}} {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
  • Patrice Motsepe, $2.3 billion {{flag icon|South Africa}}
  • Michael Jordan, $2.1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Kanye West, $1.2 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Folorunsho Alakija, $1.1 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Mo Ibrahim, $1.1 billion {{flagicon|Sudan}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
  • Jay-Z, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Tyler Perry, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

|4:

  • Mohammad Al-Amoudi, $7.6 billion {{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{Flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}{{cite web |title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Mohammed Al Amoudi |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/mohammed-al-amoudi/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |website=Bloomberg |language=en}}
  • Alex Karp, $3 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Isabel Dos Santos, $2.3 billion {{Flagicon|Angola}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1.9 billion {{flagicon|Jamaica}} {{flagicon|Canada}}

|2,095; Richest: Jeff Bezos, $113 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

2021–2022

|17:

  • Aliko Dangote, $11.5 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Aliko Dangote - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/aliko-dangote/?sh=2b62f8e822fc |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Mike Adenuga, $6.1 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Mike Adenuga - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mike-adenuga/?sh=5366c45d55e3 |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Robert Smith, $5 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • David Steward, $4 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Abdul Samad Rabiu, $3.2 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Oprah Winfrey, $2.7 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Strive Masiyiwa, $2.4 billion {{flagicon|ZWE}} {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
  • Patrice Motsepe, $2.3 billion {{flagicon|South Africa}}
  • Kanye West, $2 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Michael Jordan, $1.6 billion {{flagicon|United States}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-jordan/|title=Michael Jordan|website=Forbes}}
  • Tope Awotona, $1.4 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}} {{flagicon|United States}}{{Cite web |title=Tope Awotona |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/tope-awotona/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
  • Jay-Z, $1.4 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Mo Ibrahim, $1.2 billion {{flagicon|Sudan}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
  • Tyler Perry, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • LeBron James, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Sean Combs, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}{{cite magazine |last1=Paul |first1=Larisha |title=Diddy Replaces Ye, Joins Jay-Z in Billionaires Club on 2022 List of Wealthiest Hip-Hop Artists |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jay-z-kanye-west-diddy-hip-hop-wealthiest-artists-2022-1234620142/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=October 28, 2022}}
  • Magic Johnson, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

|6:

  • Mohammad Al-Amoudi, $5.45 billion {{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{Flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}{{cite web |title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Mohammed Al Amoudi |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/mohammed-al-amoudi/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |website=Bloomberg |language=en}}
  • Alex Karp, $1.1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1.9 billion {{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}
  • Rihanna, $1.7 billion {{flagicon|Barbados}}
  • Isabel Dos Santos, $1.4 billion {{Flagicon|Russia}} {{Flagicon|Angola}}
  • Tiger Woods, $1.0 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

|2,755; Richest: Elon Musk, $271.9 billion {{flagicon|South Africa}}{{flagicon|Canada}}{{flagicon|United States}}{{Cite web|title=Elon Musk|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Forbes|language=en}}

2023

|15:

  • Aliko Dangote, $14.2 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Aliko Dangote - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/aliko-dangote/?sh=2b62f8e822fc |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • Abdul Samad Rabiu, $8.2 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Robert Smith, $8 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Mike Adenuga, $6.1 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Mike Adenuga - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mike-adenuga/?sh=5366c45d55e3 |access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • David Steward, $6 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Patrice Motsepe, $2.7 billion {{flagicon|South Africa}}
  • Oprah Winfrey, $2.5 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Michael Jordan, $2 billion {{flagicon|United States}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-jordan/|title=Michael Jordan|website=Forbes}}
  • Strive Masiyiwa, $1.9 billion {{flagicon|ZWE}} {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
  • Jay-Z, $2.5 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Magic Johnson, $1.2 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Mo Ibrahim, $1.2 billion {{flagicon|Sudan}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
  • Tope Awotona, $1.2 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}} {{flagicon|United States}}{{Cite web |title=Tope Awotona |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/tope-awotona/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
  • Tyler Perry, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • LeBron James, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

|5:

  • Mohammad Al-Amoudi, $9.05 billion {{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{Flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}{{cite web |title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Mohammed Al Amoudi |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/mohammed-al-amoudi/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |website=Bloomberg |language=en}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1.4 billion {{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}
  • Rihanna, $1.4 billion {{flagicon|Barbados}}
  • Alex Karp, $1.3 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Tiger Woods, $1.1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

|2,540; Richest: Bernard Arnault & family, $211 billion {{flagicon|France}}{{Cite web|title=Bernard Arnault|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/bernard-arnault/?list=billionaires&sh=48fb152566fa|access-date=2024-02-16|website=Forbes|language=en}}

2024

|18:

  • Aliko Dangote, $13.9 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Aliko Dangote - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/aliko-dangote/?sh=2b62f8e822fc |access-date=7 April 2024}}
  • Robert Smith, $12.0 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • David Steward, $12.8 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Mike Adenuga, $6.9 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}{{cite web |title=Mike Adenuga - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mike-adenuga/?sh=5366c45d55e3 |access-date=7 January 2024}}
  • Abdul Samad Rabiu, $5.9 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Michael Jordan, $3.4 billion {{flagicon|United States}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-jordan/|title=Michael Jordan|website=Forbes}}
  • Oprah Winfrey, $3.3 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Patrice Motsepe, $3.2 billion {{flagicon|South Africa}}
  • Jay-Z, $2.8 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Strive Masiyiwa, $3.1 billion {{flagicon|ZWE}} {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
  • Adebayo Ogunlesi $1.7 billion{{Flagicon|Nigeria}} {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Femi Otedola, $1.5 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}}
  • Tope Awotona, $1.4 billion {{Flagicon|Nigeria}} {{flagicon|United States}}{{Cite web |title=Tope Awotona |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/tope-awotona/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
  • Tyler Perry, $1.4 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Mo Ibrahim, $1.3 billion {{flagicon|Sudan}}{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
  • LeBron James, $1.2 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Magic Johnson, $1.2 billion {{flagicon|United States}}
  • Sheila Johnson, $1 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

|5:

  • Mohammad Al-Amoudi, $9.43 billion {{flagicon|Ethiopia}}{{Flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}{{cite web |title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Mohammed Al Amoudi |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/mohammed-al-amoudi/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=Bloomberg |language=en}}
  • Alex Karp, US$7.9 billion {{flagicon|United States}}{{cite web |title=Alexander Karp - Forbes profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/alexander-karp |access-date=5 January 2025}}
  • Michael Lee-Chin, $1.4 billion {{flagicon|Jamaica}}{{flagicon|Canada}}
  • Rihanna, $1.4 billion {{flagicon|Barbados}}
  • Tiger Woods, $1.3 billion {{flagicon|United States}}

|2,781; Richest: Bernard Arnault & family, $233 billion {{flagicon|France}}{{Cite web|title=Bernard Arnault|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/bernard-arnault/?list=billionaires&sh=48fb152566fa|access-date=2024-04-07|website=Forbes|language=en}}

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