Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Folorunsho Alakija Is Now The World’s Richest Black Woman

Oprah Winfrey used to be the World’s richest black woman, but that distinction now beloong to Nigeria Oil business and fashionista, Folorunsho Alakija, Time Reports.

Alakija is worth about $300 million more than American television personality Oprah Winfrey.

The 62-year-old started her career as a secretary at the erstwhile Merchant Bank of Nigeria, but moved to England in the early 1980s to study fashion design. She then returned to set up a high-end label called Supreme Stitches. However, a significant proportion of Alakija’s fortune comes from an oil-exploration license granted to her company Famfa Ltd. in 1993.

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