Forbes Richest Woman in Nigerian Today & her net worth

Among all the wealthy business women in the country, the richest woman in Nigeria today is Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, an industrious woman who runs multiple businesses.

Mrs Folorunsho Alakija Biography

Mrs Alakija was born into a polygamous and wealthy family of Chief L.A Ogbara on July 15 1951 in Ikorodu, Lagos state. Her father had 8 wives and 52 children while her mother was the first wife.
When she was 7 years old, Folorunsho traveled with her younger sister to the United Kingdom where she had her primary school education at Dinorben School for Girls in Hafodunos Hall in Llangernyw, Wales. She also attended the Muslim High School Sagamu Ogun State, Nigeria and returned back to London where she attended Pitman’s Central College for Secretarial Studies.
Career
She started her career by working as a secretary at Sijuade Enterprise. She also worked in First National Bank of Chicago, Lagos. Having passion for the fashion industry, she quit her job to study Fashion Designing after which she set up Supreme Stitches renamedThe Rose of Sharon House of Fashion, founded in 1996.
It was in 1993 Alakija made it when a friend of hers introduced her into oil business. She was lucky to be granted license when she applied for the allocation of an oil block in Nigeria’s coastal waters.
Family & Net Worth
She is happily married to her husband, Modupe Alakija and is blessed with four boys. She is also a writer of books. Alakija is ranked by Forbes as the richest woman in Nigeria and second wealthiest woman in Africa with an estimated net worth of 2.5 billion dollars.
Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija is happily married to Mr. Modupe Alakija and the couple is happily blessed with four sons and two grandchildren including Ladi Alakija who got married to Lolade in August 2012 and Rotimi Alakija who also got married recently. Her sons assist her in managing her numerous businesses.
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Mrs Alakija has an impressive portfolio of investments and assets, one that would make anyone green with envy. She has houses in some of the choicest areas in London, United States and in The Middle East.
She runs a charity foundation known as The Rose of Sharon Foundation with which she helps to take care of widows and orphans; empowering them through scholarships and business grants.
She is really one woman that can be said to have it all.
Current Richest Woman in Nigeria Today: Facts about Her You Didn’t Know
(Updated, 2017)
There was a period that information about Folorunso Alakija didn’t surface. Googling her now, you would see why this amazon not only became the richest woman in the country but in Africa.
As seen above, she was born into a wealthy polygamous family in the year 1951 in Ikorodu. At first, Folorunso Alakija started as a secretary at the International Merchant Bank. She then went to study in the U.K after she resigned from the job.
Coming back to Nigeria, she established Supreme Stitches which opened the door of wealth for her to own 60% shares of the oil block OML 127 which where most of her riches comes from.
Nigerian Infopedia gives you below facts about this wealthy business woman you don’t know about.
1. Alakija’s Forbes ranking currently
According to Forbes, Folorunso Alakija is the current richest woman in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $2.1 billion. She is also the second richest woman in Africa just behind Isabel dos Santos.
Recently, she was listed as the second most powerful Nigerian woman immediately after Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and also the 87 th most powerful woman in the world.
2. Education & school attended
She attended Dinorben Girls School in Wales for her primary education. She then returned to Nigeria where she schooled at Muslim High School in Sagamu.
3. Her son’s wedding
As reported from an authentic source, she spent over N2 billion on her son’s wedding, Mr. Folarin Alakija. He is currently married to Nazanin Ghaissarifa from Iran. Nazanin studied Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at the University of Manchester in Britain.

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