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Patrice Motsepe, Oprah on top 10 richlist

Cape Town - Mining magnate Patrice Motsepe, South Africa's first black billionaire, is among the top ten richest black people in the world for 2015, alongside Oprah Winfrey and Isabel dos Santos, daughter of President José Eduardo dos Santos of Angola.

Nigerians dominate the list published on Richestlifestyle.com, with Folorunsho Alakija (#6) the third woman who made it on the richlist.

Motsepe, who is well-known for aiding charities, is the founder and chairperson of African Rainbow Minerals [JSE:ARM].

The ten richest black people in the world are:

1. Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, also the richest person in Africa. He made his $21.6bn (R251.4bn) fortune from three commodities  - cement, flour and sugar. His focus has now turned to another commodity: oil.

2. Mohammed Al Amoudi, who has dual citizenship of Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia. He is the biggest individual investor in Ethiopia. His $12.5bn (R145.5bn) fortune has been built from construction, energy and agriculture.

3. Nigeria's Mike Adenuga ($4.6bn; R53.54), who has made his fortune in mobile telecom and oil production. He founded mobile phone firm Globacom in 2003.

4. Isabel dos Santos with a fortune worth $3.7bn (R43.07bn). The daughter of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos is also  the richest black woman in the world and in addition to a large investment portfolio, she owns almost 20% of Portuguese bank Banco BPI.

5. Oprah Winfrey of the US with a fortune worth $3bn (R34.92bn). Oprah is well-known for hosting the multi-award winning The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is also an actress, producer and media proprietor.

6. Nigeria's Folorunsho Alakija ($2.5bn; R29.1bn), also the second richest woman in Africa after Dos Santos. She founded her own tailoring company Supreme Stitches and controls Famfa Oil.

7. Patrice Motsepe ($2.3bn; R26.77bn), South Africa's first black billionaire and founder of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals. Motsepe, who also has interests in soccer, joined The Giving Pledge in 2013, committing to giving away a substantial part of his wealth to charity.

8. Nigeria's Theophilus Danjuma ($1.1bn; R12.8bn ) owns South Atlantic Petroleum.

9. Mo Ibrahim ($1.1bn; R12.8bn), who has dual citizenship of the UK and Sudan, made a profit of $1.4bn in 2005 when he sold Celtel, one of the first mobile phone companies to serve Africa and the Middle East.

10. Nigeria's Tony Elumelu ($1bn; R11.64bn) controls the conglomerate Transcorp and has a substantial stake in United Bank of Africa. He is also big real estate player in Nigeria.

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