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Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola, is chilling somewhere cool
He may be a busy man, running different companies and also serving as the Chairman of Forte Oil Plc. But Femi Otedola knows how to have fun.
Published
2 years agoon
By
Amaka Obioji
He may be a busy man, running different companies and also serving as the Chairman of Forte Oil Plc. But Femi Otedola doesn’t just spend all his days working. He understands the need to rest and have some fun sometimes.
Little wonder he recently took some time off, from the hustle and bustle of Lagos to go rest in the city of Megeve, France.
Sharing pictures of his trip on Instagram, the oil magnate said he is having a great time at his vacation, as his pictures depict him having a good time on the slopes.
View this post on InstagramMy new mode of transportation 😁❄️ … F.Ote💲
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View this post on InstagramFeels good to be back on the slopes! ⛷⛷⛷… F.Ote💲
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Why it matters – Just as the popular saying goes, ‘All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy’. So, once in a while, getting away from the hustle and bustle isn’t a bad idea. If any thing, a good vacation helps to improve the work-life balance of every individual.
We should all be like Mr Otedola – There is no gainsaying the fact that Mr Otedola is serving the kind of energy we all need. Not only does he know his onions in the world of business, he also understands how to maintain a work-life balance.
About Femi Otedola
Mr Otedola is a Nigerian billionaire and businessman who currently heads the Board of Directors Forte Oil Plc as Chairman. He is also the owner of a number of other businesses that cut across real estate, shipping, and oil and gas.
About Forte Oil
Forte Oil is an integrated Nigerian oil and gas company which was incorporated in 1964. The company operates through four segments: Fuels, Upstream Services, Lubricants and Greases, and Power Generation.
Focus on filling stations – In May 2018, the company disclosed plans to sell some of its upstream and power segments in Nigeria, as well as divest from its Ghana operations. This was aimed at enabling the company to focus on its core operation which is the distribution of refined petroleum products.
The company’s stock is currently trading at N28 on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE.
Billionaire Watch
Dangote’s net worth declines by $1.2 billion in February
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote lost $1.2 billion of his estimated net worth.
Published
4 days agoon
March 2, 2021
Aliko Dangote, the founder of Africa’s most diversified manufacturing conglomerate, Dangote Industries, has seen his net worth decline by a whopping $1.20 billion in the month of February alone.
Africa’s richest man whose wealth peaked at $18.4 billion this year, saw his wealth declined by $1.20 billion, to $16.6 billion from $17.8 billion recorded on the 31st of January 2021, data retrieved from Bloomberg Billionaire Index reveals.
Source: Bloomberg Billionaire Index
The fall in Dangote’s net worth is partly attributable to the decline in the share price of his flagship company, Dangote Cement Plc (DCP), as well as the share price of his integrated sugar business, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR).
The decline in the share price of these companies which impacted their market capitalization was occasioned by profit-taking activities by investors in February, across the market spectrum.
Facts about Dangote’s networth valuation
The majority of Dangote’s fortune is derived from his 86% stake in the publicly-traded Dangote Cement, as the billionaire holds the shares of the company directly and through his conglomerate, Dangote Industries.
He holds stakes in Nascon Allied Industries and United Bank for Africa, directly and through Dangote Industries, a conglomerate that also owns closely held businesses operating in food manufacturing, fertilizer, oil and other industries.
Dangote’s most valuable closely held asset is his fertilizer plant with a capacity to produce up to 2.8MT of urea annually. The $2.5 billion fertilizer plant owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, is expected to commence operation in the first quarter of 2021.
The billionaire also owns a $12 billion oil refinery which is expected to be completed this year. However, the plant is not included in his net worth valuation, for some reason.
What you should know
- The shares of Dangote Cement at the close trading activities for the month of February declined by 6.78%, extending the YTD loss on the shares of the cement behemoth to over 10%.
- On the flip side, shares of Dangote Sugar Refinery also declined by 15.29% to close the month lower at N18 per share, thus correcting the YTD gains of its shares to 2.27%.
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Battle of Titans: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos share world’s richest title
Stiff competition prevails as both Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk share the world’s richest title.

Published
4 days agoon
March 2, 2021
The battle for the worlds richest has suddenly become so intense that both Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos both share the world’s richest man title on the account they both have a net worth of $184 billion.
Bezos, the man behind the world’s most valuable retail company, Amazon, has steadily been seeing his wealth valuation appreciate amid high market volatility currently prevailing at global financial markets.
The 49-year-old self-made billionaire, Elon Musk is sharing, the world’s richest when recent data revealed Tesla recorded impressive gains of about $9.75 at the end of Monday’s trading session.
Investors are currently increasing their buying pressure on Tesla as they weigh reports that the electric vehicle industry is expected to grow into a $5 trillion market over the next decade, thereby giving the world’s most valuable car company room for more upside.
READ: China’s richest man worth $94.1 billion earned a fortune from selling bottled water
It’s important to note that both mega billionaires have in recent times focused their considerable brainpower on space technology as Bezos recently accelerated his space-travel efforts through his firm popularly known as Blue Origin.
Recent reports suggest SpaceX founded by Musk raised another $850 million this month from a group of leading institutional investors led by Sequoia Capital.
Such investment now puts SpaceX’s valuation at $74 billion, a 60% jump from August, and helped boost Musk’s net worth by about $11 billion, according to the index.
Bezos who is now the Chairman of the $1.58 trillion valued company, Amazon has about $9.63 billion cash in the bank.
READ: Apple’s market value cross $ 2 trillion
The online retail giant returns have under his tenure as the chief executive officer of the e-commerce giant actually ranked second among all S&P stocks since the IPO in May 1997.
The 57-year-old billionaire is the founder of Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer company on earth. The American-based company sells books, household goods, and other retail products through its flagship platform.
His company also controls the Whole Foods grocery chain and offers video streaming services and remains the biggest cloud computing provider worldwide.
READ: Billionaires worth over $100 billion made $270 billion in 2020
That being said, both Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’s wealth valuation would currently buy 107 million troy ounces of gold or 2.91 billion barrels of crude oil.
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